Three Grey Geese

DESCRIPTION: Tongue-twister: "Three grey geese in the green grass grazing, Grey were the geese, and green was the grazing."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose)
KEYWORDS: bird food nonballad wordplay | tongue-twister
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #756, p. 284, "(Three grey geese in a green field grazing" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 147, "Three gray geese in the green grass grazing" (1 text)
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 181, "Three Grey Geese" (1 short text)
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 23, "(Three grey geese in a green field grazing)" (1 text)
Roud #19816
File: Dol181

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