DAK_BDSM_012 HICKETY, PICKETY, MY BLACK HEN, SHE LAYS EGGS FOR GENTLEMEN _ ENDEL LEPP / LEONARD LESLIE
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Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen:
Gentlemen come every day
To see what my black hen doth lay.
Or
Higgledy Piggledy, My black hen,
She lays eggs For gentlemen;
Sometimes nine, And sometimes ten,
Higgledy Piggledy, My black hen!
Note: also sung as ‘My red hen’
It may have originated from an old rhyme about 'Little Betty Blue'. The first known book of rhymes was published in 1744. Many rhymes were veiled political satire. However, many also, like this rhyme were nonsensical rhymes to amuse.
IIlustration by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940 Kuva vähem



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