Farmer Went Trotting, A

DESCRIPTION: "A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare, Bumpety, bumpety, bump, With his daughter behind him so rosy and fair, Lumpety, lumpety, lump." A raven croaks, causing them to fall. The raven intends to do it again
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1805 (Original Ditties for the Nursery, Opie, Ditties for the Nursery)
KEYWORDS: horse father children injury bird
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 142, "A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Iona Opie, _Ditties for the Nursery_, Oxford University Press, 1954, 1959 (new edition of "Original Ditties for the Nursery," c. 1805), p. 73, "The Farmer" (1 text)
Roud #25356
File: KSUC142B

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