 | 1869 - 254 str.
...bread, she brewed me my ale, She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale. I had a little husband,64 No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot,...there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down ; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him some garters,... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1869 - 448 str.
...and exclaimed, " Veil ! you are a nice little man," and then commenced singing the old refrain— " I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, and there I bid bim drum:" The young lady was not one of those who would offer the other cheek to be smitten, and she... | |
 | Old nursery songs - 1869 - 348 str.
...were bread and cheese, What should we do for drink ? HAD a little husband, no bigger than my thumb, put him in a pint pot, and there I bid him drum, bought him a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose, And a pair of little garters, to tie his... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - 244 str.
...thy wife a gown !" " No, I'll not sell my fiddle For e'er a wife in town !" I MY LITTLE HUSBAND. I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bade him drum ; I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down, I bridled him, and saddled him,... | |
 | 1909 - 738 str.
...Phyllis. "What an old bridegroom you'd make, to be sure ! Your poor bride \vould have to sing : — I had a little husband No bigger than my thumb. I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum.' " " You're too funny," laughed Norman. " But you speak truly and wisely." " Of course, I do. I'm wise... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 str.
...three ells and three-quarteis long." This personage is probably commemorated in the nursery rhyme — I had a little husband No bigger than my thumb : I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. According to popular tradition, Tom Thumb died at Lincoln, and a little blue flagstone in the pavement... | |
 | John Mudge Merrick - 1874 - 148 str.
...atramentum mare, — Cum panis caseus arbores, Quid restat tune potare ? 23 xxn. THE LITTLE HUSBAND. I HAD a little husband no bigger than my thumb ; I put him in a pint-pot, and there I bade him drum ; I bought a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose, And a... | |
 | Georgiana Charlotte Clark - 1876 - 296 str.
...— I bridled him and saddled him, and sent him out of town •• .. .. .. .. 185 1 had a little man no bigger than my thumb,— I put him in a pint pot and there 1 bid him drum. — 1 bought him a little handkerchief, to wipe his little nose,— Anil a pair of... | |
 | 1878 - 252 str.
...bread, she brewed me my ale, She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale. I had a little husband,54 No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little ho1se, That galloped up and down ; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave... | |
 | Charles Hindley - 1878 - 498 str.
...And the dish ran away with And master's lost his fiddle stick the spoon. And don't know what to do. I had a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a quart pot, And there I bid him drum. There was an old woman that lived in a shoe, She had so many children... | |
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I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him some garters, To garter up his... 
