Walter Crane

Name: The Baby's Opera
Author: Walter Crane

The Baby's Opera

Summary

“The Baby's Opera”, is a work by Walter Crane. It explores elements such as dancer, Heigh-ho and frog.

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ Cry dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!”
3. “I have been to the ducks that are swimming in the pond,
And they won’t come to be killed, Mrs. Bond;
I cried dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and the customers filled!”
4. Mrs. Bond she went down to the pond in a rage,
With plenty of onions, and plenty of sage;
She cried, “Come, little wag-tails, come, and be killed.
For you shall be stuffed, and my customers filled!”
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XMAS DAY IN Ye MORNING [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ It was the frog lived in the well,
Heigh-ho! says Rowley;
And the merry mouse under the mill,
With a Rowley, Powley, Gammon, and Spinach,
Heigh-ho! says Anthony Rowley. 2. The frog he would a-wooing ride, Heigh-ho, &c.
Sword and buckler at his side, With a, &c. 3. When upon his high horse set, Heigh-ho, &c.
His boots they shone as black as jet, With a, &c. 4. When he came to the merry mill-pin, Heigh-ho, &c.
“Lady Mouse, are you within?” With a, &c. 5. Then came out the dusty mouse, Heigh-ho, &c.
“I am the lady of this house,” With a, &c. 6. “Hast thou any mind of me?” ”

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ When I grow rich, says the bells of Shoreditch;
When will that be? says the bells of Stepney;
I do not know, says the great bell of Bow.
Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
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ST PAVL’S STEEPLE [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Upon Paul’s steeple stands a tree
As full of apples as may be,
The little boys of London town
They run with hooks to pull them down;
And then they run from hedge to hedge
Until they come to London Bridge.
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MY LADY’S GARDEN [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
How does my lady’s garden grow? ”

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ The moon doth shine as bright as day;
Leave your supper, and leave your sleep;
Come to your playfellows in the street;
2. Come with a whoop, and come with a call.
Come with a good will or not at all.
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A penny loaf will serve you all.
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THE MVLBERRY BVSH [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush;
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
All on a frosty morning.
This is the way we clap our hands,
This is the way we clap our hands,
This is the way we clap our hands,
All on a frosty morning. ”

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ And drew the frog e’en to the lake, With a, &c. 13. The rat he ran up the wall, Heigh-ho, &c.
And so the company parted all, With a, &c.
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Ye FROG & Ye CROW [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
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1. A jolly fat frog lived in the river swim, O!
A comely black crow lived on the river brim, O!
“Come on shore, come on shore,”
Said the crow to the frog, and then, O!
“No, you’ll bite me, no, you’ll bite me,”
Said the frog to the crow again, O!
2. “O! there is sweet music on yonder green hill, O!
And you shall be a dancer, a dancer in yellow,
All in yellow, all in yellow.” ”

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ WARM HANDS [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Warm hands, warm, thy men are gone to plough;
If you want to warm your hands, warm your hands now.
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Jack and Jill [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
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DANCE A BABY [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Dance a baby diddy!
What can mammy do wid’e?
Sit in her lap,
Give it some pap,
And dance a baby diddy!
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HVSH-A-BY BABY [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Hush-a-by baby on the tree-top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock ”

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ Girls and Boys. 10, 11. The Mulberry Bush. 12. Oranges and Lemons. 13. St. Paul’s Steeple. 14, 15. My Lady’s Garden. 16. Natural History. 17. Lavender’s Blue. 18, 19. I saw Three Ships. 20. Ding Dong Bell. 21. Puss at Court. 22. Three Blind Mice. 23. Dickory Dock. 24, 25. Ye Frog’s Wooing. ”

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Walter Crane, The Baby's Opera

“ Ye Frog and Ye Crow. 28, 29. Mrs. Bond. 30. Xmas Day in ye Morning. 31. Little Jack Horner. 32, 33. King Arthur. 34. Ye Jolly Miller. 35. Ye Song of Sixpence. 36, 37. Bo-Peep. 38. Baa! Baa! Black Sheep. 39. Tom, the Piper’s Son. 40, 41. There was a Lady Loved a Swine. 42. Over the Hills & far away. 43. Cock Robin & Jenny Wren. 44, 45. I had a little Nut Tree. 46. Dr. Faustus. 47. Three Children. 48, 49. My Pretty Maid. 50. The Ploughboy in Luck. 51. Warm Hands. 52, 53. Jack & Jill. 54. Dance a Baby. 55. Hush-a-by Baby. 56. King Cole.
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GIRLS AND BOYS [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
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