 | Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1917 - 212 str.
...woman at Exeter; (ex'ter) When visitors came, it sore vexed her; So for fear they should eat, LESSON C Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow-bone... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - 1919 - 286 str.
...ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife. T\FFY was a Welschman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef : I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 718 str.
...off his gun, But he fired too soon, And the drake flew away with a quack, quack, quack. •130 TAFFY Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house, And stole a piece of beef. I went to Taffy's house; Taffy wasn't home; Taffy came to my house, And stole a marrow-bone.... | |
 | Conal O'Riordan - 1921 - 400 str.
...look at him. 'Is that so?' he said gently. 'Now, tell me why.' Adam, somewhat at a loss, replied : ' Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house . . . ' but felt this was an overstatement, and stopped. 'Do you mean,' Father Clare asked, 'that you... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 526 str.
...the fiddlers three. O ! there's none so rare as can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone.... | |
 | George R. Stewart - 1922 - 138 str.
...lines as: There was a man in our town, and he was wondrous wise and Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy Avas a thief. . Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef. 1 Robert of Gloucester's chronicle and some other medieval verse may represent a use of the metrical... | |
 | Chester Geppert Marsh - 1925 - 186 str.
...I went to Taffy's house, Taf-fy was -n't home, I re-turned the fav - or And stole a mar- row bone. Taffy was a Welshman Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef. Then I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home, I returned the favor And stole a marrow... | |
 | 1926 - 338 str.
...Observe that the following lively tale compresses nine sentences into the space of three couplets: Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow-bone;... | |
 | W. E. Collinson - 1927 - 180 str.
...nickname for the Welshman is T affy , cf . the nursery-rhyme which casts an unfair aspersion on them : 'Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief — Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef !' Scotsmen are often called Sandy < Alexander, or Jock. An Irishman is often called Pat. Scotsmen... | |
 | 1927 - 254 str.
...components. In the " Debatable Country " it might refer to incendiary enemy raids or to torch signals. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't in, I pumped upon his Sunday hat, and poked it... | |
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TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef. 
