Buttons, a Farthing a Pair!
Buttons, a Farthing a Pair!
Nursery Rhyme
Buttons, a farthing* a pair!
Come, who will buy them of me?
They're round and sound and pretty,
And fit for girls of the city.
Come, who will buy them of me?
Buttons, a farthing a pair!
Notes
*A silver coin representing one quarter of a penny.
Comments
This rhyme and illustration can be found in The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.
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