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Title: The Courtship, Marriage, and Pic-Nic Dinner of Cock Robin & Jenny Wren
With the Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: October 5, 2007 [eBook #22887]
Language: English
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THE
COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, AND
PIC-NIC DINNER
OF
_Cock Robin & Jenny Wren_
WITH THE
DEATH AND BURIAL
OF
POOR COCK ROBIN.
Embellished with Thirty Neat Coloured Engravings.
London:
Printed and Sold by
Dean and Munday, Threadneedle-Street.
_Price Six-pence._
[Illustration: COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN.]
THE
COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, &c.
OF
_Cock Robin and Jenny Wren_.
[Illustration: THE COURTSHIP.]
Says Robin to Jenny,
If you will be mine,
You shall eat pies and puddings,
And drink currant-wine.
[Illustration: GENERAL INVITATION.]
Jenny consented; the day was named,
The joyful news the Cock proclaimed.
[Illustration: PARSON AND CLERK.]
Together came the Rook and Lark,
The one as Parson, t'other Clerk.
[Illustration: THE WEDDING.]
The Goldfinch gave the bride away,
Who promis'd always to obey.
[Illustration: PREPARING FOR THE FEAST.]
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