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Title: The Milkmaid
R. Caldecott's Picture Books
Author: Randolph Caldecott
Release Date: November 19, 2006 [EBook #19868]
Language: English
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The Milkmaid
R. Caldecott's
PICTURE
BOOKS
"Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?"
Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.
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The MILKMAID.
An Old Song exhibited & explained in many designs
by R. Caldecott.
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A LADY said to her Son--a poor young SQUIRE:
"You must seek a Wife with a Fortune!"
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"Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?"
"I'm going a-milking, Sir," she said.
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"Shall I go with you, my Pretty Maid?"
"Oh yes, if you please, kind Sir," she said.
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"What is your Father, my Pretty Maid?"
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"My Father's a Farmer, Sir," she said.
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"Shall I marry you, my Pretty Maid?"
"Oh thank you, kindly, Sir," she said.
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"But what is your fortune, my pretty Maid?"
"My face is my fortune, Sir," she said.
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"Then I can't marry you, my Pretty Maid!"
"Nobody asked you, Sir!" she said.
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"Nobody asked you, Sir!" she said.
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"Sir!" she said.
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"Nobody asked you, Sir!" she said.
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Randolph Caldecott's
Picture Books
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