 But the ox would not. She went a little further, and she met a butcher. So she said— " Butcher, butcher, kill ox ! Ox won't drink water ; Water won't quench fire ; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig...  The Girl's Own Book - Page 87by Lydia Maria Child - 1833 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...Good cat ! kill rat ; rat won't bite rope ; rope won't hang butcher ; butcher won't kill ox ; ox won't drink water ; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat pig ; pig won't go. And it's time that I was at home an hour and a half ago. " The cat began to kill... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...Good cat ! kill rat ; rat won't bite rope ; rope won't hang butcher ; butcher won't kill ox ; ox won't drink water ; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat pig ; pig won't go. And it's time that I was at home an hour and a half ago. " The cat began to kill... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...Good cat ! kill rat ; rat won't bite rope ; rope won't hang butcher ; butcher won't kill ox ; ox won't drink water ; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat pig ; pig won't go. And it's time that I was at home an hour and a half ago. " The cat began to kill... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Counting-out rhymes - 1843 - 332 pages
...Good cat ! kill rat ; rat won't bite rope ; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat pig ; pig won't go. And it's time that I was at home an hour and n half ago. " The cat began to kill... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Amusements - 1847 - 338 pages
...see," &c. She went a little farther, and she met a butcher ; " Pray, butcher, kill ox — ox won't drink water — water won't quench fire — fire won't...dog won't bite kid — kid won't go — and I see by moonlight, it is now past midnight; and kid and I should have been at home an hour ago." The butcher... | |
 | 1851 - 1124 pages
...original of that popular nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night. Thank Heaven, we have got... | |
 | Charles Raikes - British - 1852 - 286 pages
...original of that popular nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. " Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night." Thank Heaven, we have got... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...to-night." But the water would not. She went a little further, and she met an ox. So she said, " Ox ! ox ! drink water. Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the ox would not. She went... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 75 pages
...to-night." But the water would not. She went a little further, and she met an ox. So she said, " Ox ! ox ! drink water. Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the ox would not. She went... | |
 | Children's literature - 1884 - 672 pages
...! " But the ox bellowed " no ! So she shouted to the butcher : — " Pray butcher kill ox, ox won't drink water, Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn...Stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite kid, Kid won't go ! I see by the moonlight 'Tis getting past midnight, And time kic4 and I were home An hour and a half... | |
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