Owl Among the Bushes Sat, The

DESCRIPTION: "The owl among the bushes sat, And when it rained it spoiled his had, But when it dried, said he, 'Oh, bosh! It's all the better for a wash. Twitter hooo-oo! (x2), We'll do as other people do." The owl sits on a wall hooting, then flies away with the moon
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Mother Goose from Germany)
KEYWORDS: bird clothes | owl hat wall rain
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
ADDITIONAL: (No author listed), _Mother Goose from Germany_, Frederick Leypoldt, 1864 (available on Google Books), p. 64, "The Owl" (1 text)
Mary Wilder Tileston, _Sugar and Spice and All That's Nice: A Book of Nursery Rhymes and Verses_, Little, Brown, 1928 (originally published 1885), (available on Google Books), pp. 112-113, "The Owl" (1 text)
Detroit Public Schools, _Consonsnt Exercises for Speech Improvement, Book 2_, 1929 (available on Google Books) p. 85, "(no title)" (1 text, the first verse only, for teaching the sound "tw")
RECORDINGS:
Barbara Croft, "The Owl" (Piotr-Archive #662, recorded 09/05/2023)
File: DPio662

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