 | 1905 - 122 páginas
...pussy cat, what did you there ? I frightened a little mouse under the chair. Taffy was a Welchman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wan't at home, Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was... | |
 | Frank R. Stockton - 1913 - 268 páginas
...Goose we are told of the intimate connection between Welshmen, thievery, and marrow-bones; for "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beef. •'I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home, Taffy went to my house, And stole a marrow-bone."... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1914 - 406 páginas
...sister of Little Btllee. Another famous Taffy appears in the ancient nursery jingle which begins Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief. Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef. Talbot, John, first Earl of Shrewsbury (1388-1453), an English general, who was taken prisoner at Patay... | |
 | BLANCHE FISHER WRIGHT - 1916 - 132 páginas
...Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's not home; Taffy came to my LITTLE KING BOGGEN marrow-bone. Little King Boggen, he built a fine I went... | |
 | Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1917 - 212 páginas
...Exeter; (ex'ter) When visitors came, it sore vexed her; So for fear they should eat, LESSON C Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my...piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow-bone ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed,... | |
 | 1918 - 622 páginas
...town. A purchase she made of a little white pig, And a penny she paid. 350. TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN. Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house, And stole a leg of beef. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed ; 1 This was played as a game in Brant County.... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - 1919 - 286 páginas
...ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife. T\FFY was a Welschman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole...piece of beef : I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow-bone. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 716 páginas
...his gun, But he fired too soon, And the drake flew away with a quack, quack, quack. 130 TAFFY Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my...stole a piece of beef. I went to Taffy's house; Taffy wasn't home; Taffy came to my house, And stole a marrow-bone. I went to Taffy's house; Taffy was in... | |
 | Conal O'Riordan - 1921 - 400 páginas
...him. 'Is that so?' he said gently. 'Now, tell me why.' Adam, somewhat at a loss, replied : ' Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house . . . ' but felt this was an overstatement, and stopped. 'Do you mean,' Father Clare asked, 'that you... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 526 páginas
...fiddlers three. O ! there's none so rare as can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my...stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not... | |
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TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone. 
