The Hart He Loves the High Wood
The Hart He Loves the High Wood
Nursery Rhyme
The hart* he loves the high wood**,
The hare she loves the hill,
The knight he loves his bright sword,
The lady - loves her will.
Notes
*Male deer
**Highwood is a word that can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary meaning, "A forest of tall trees."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).
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