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| Mother Goose: A Scholarly Exploration |
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The Queen of Hearts
THE Queen of Hearts, She made some tarts, All on a summer's day: The Knave of Hearts, He stole the tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts, Call'd for the tarts, And beat the knave full sore: The Knave of Hearts Brought back the tarts, And vow'd he'd steal no more. Old Nurse's Book: Of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties. Ed. and Illus. by Charles H. Bennett. London, England: Griffith and Farran, 1857. [Facsimile edition reproduced from The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Toronto Public Library by Holp Shuppan, Publishers, Tokyo 1981.] p. 40. The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts, And hid them clean away. The King of Hearts he missed those hearts, And beat the Knave right sore, The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more. Baring-Gould, Sabine. A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes. Illus. by Members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A. J. Gaskin. London, England: Methuen, 1895, p. 143. No. LXXXV in Nursery Jingles Section THE Queen of Hearts, She made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts, He stole those tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts, Called for the tarts, And beat the knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts Brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more. Lang, Andrew, Ed. The Nursery Rhyme Book. Illus. by L. Leslie Brooke. London, England: Frederick Warne and Co., 1897, p. 116. The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole the tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, And beat the knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts Brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more. Opie, Iona and Peter Opie, Comps. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1951, p. 359-360. No. 434 The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole the tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, And beat the knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts Brought back the tarts, And vow'd he'd steal no more. The King of Spades He kissed the maids, Which made the Queen full sore; The Queen of Spades She beat those maids, And turned them out of door; The Knave of Spades Grieved for those jades, And did for them implore; The Queen so gent She did relent And vow'd she'd ne'er strike more. The King of Clubs He often drubs His loving Queen and wife; The Queen of Clubs Returns his snubs, And all is noise and strife; The Knave of Clubs Gives winks and rubs, And swears he'll take her part; For when our kings Will do such things, They should be made to smart. The Diamond King I fain would sing, And likewise his fair Queen; But that the Knave, A haughty slave, Must needs step in between; Good Diamond King, With hempen string, The haughty Knave destroy! Then may your Queen With mind serene, Your royal bed enjoy. Baring-Gould, William S. and Cecil Baring-Gould, Eds. The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New. New York: Bramhall House, 1962. p. 152. No. 235 |
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