Here Are the Lady's Knives and Forks

DESCRIPTION: "Here are the lady's knives and forks, Here is the lady's table, Here is the lady's looking-glass, And here is the baby's cradle."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1842 (Chambers, according to the Opies)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad | knife fork table mirror cradle silverware
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 295, "Here are the lady's knives and forks" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #605 n. 65, pp. 240-241, "(Here are my lady's knives and forks)"
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 161, "Here Are the Lady's Knives and Forks" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 3, "The Family's Things" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 18, "(Here are the lady's knives and forks)" (1 text)
Roud #19714
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Here Is the Church"
File: OO2295

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