Buzz, Quoth The Blue Fly
Buzz, Quoth The Blue Fly
Nursery Rhyme
Buzz, quoth the blue fly,
Hum, quoth the bee,
Buzz and hum they cry,
And so do we:
In his ear, in his nose,
Thus, do you see?
He ate the dormouse,
Else it was me.
Notes
Written during the Renaissance by Ben Jonson.
Originally the last line was, "Else it was thee".
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, and printed in the USA. This rhyme can also be found in The Nursery Rhymes of England (1843), collected and edited by James Orchard Halliwell.
The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (circa 1920) edited by Walter Jerrold (1865 – 1929) and illustrated by Charles Robinson.
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