 | 1893 - 308 str.
...the old days were letters received every day of the week. Still, the little ones sing : Queen Anne, Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as bright as one ; My master and mistress have sent you three letters, So, please, can you read one ?... | |
 | 1896 - 728 str.
...grab.! QUEEN ANNE. (One side has a ball concealed. The others have to guess who holds it.) Queen Anne, Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a nun. I send you three letters ; I pray you read one. (Ans.) We can't read one, we must read... | |
 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher - 1907 - 496 str.
...advance in a line toward Queen Anne, each holding up her skirts as if the ball were there, singing — Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun. King John has sent you letters three, And begs you'll read one unto me. Lady Queen Anne and her maids... | |
 | Norman Douglas - 1916 - 180 str.
...water, Give her kisses one, two, three, And call her a lady's daughter, or (for a ball-game) Queen Anne, Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan. We bring you ten letters, pray can you read one ? We cannot read one, unless you bring... | |
 | Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - 1988 - 516 str.
...out in the lane, playing a counting-game; shrill and tunelessly they chanted the rhyme: Queen Anne, Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan; I send you five letters, I hope you read one. One, two, three . . . 'I wish I had... | |
 | 2007 - 130 str.
...here, But its tongue, never ceasing, Was vastly displeasing To the talkative woman of Gloucester. <~ Lady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan; Come taste my lily, come smell my rose, Which of my maidens do you choose? The ball... | |
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Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun, 
