Rhymes and ballads of London
By: chosen and illustrated by Carole Tate
Publisher: Blackie
Published: 1971
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
ISBN-13: 9780216892002
Subjects: Nursery rhymes; Cries; Social life and customs; Comptines
Description: An illustrated collection of street cries and nursery rhymes about London.
Table of contents: title: Nursery rhymes (Oranges and lemons ; Polly Perkins of Paddington Green ; Pussy cat, pussy cat! ; Three cripples from Cripplesgate ; Merchants of London ; London is a fine town ; Upon paul's steeple stands a tree ; As I was going by Charing Cross ; London Bridge ; The Gunpowder Plot ; Islington Fair ; The coachman ; Pop goes the weasel ; Knock'd em in the Old Kent Road); title: Street cries (Sweet blooming lavender ; Hot cross buns ; The rabbit man ; The toy lambseller ; Chairs to mend ; Simky Hawkes ; Oh me taters ; The gingerbread man ; Old clothes, any old clo' clo' ; Ice cream stall)