Ride A Cock-horse
: RIDING SONGS for FATHER'S KNEE: Boys And Girls Bookshelf
Ride a Cock-Horse to Charing Cross,
To see a Young Lady jump on a White Horse,
With Rings on her Fingers, and Bells on her Toes,
She shall have Music wherever she goes.
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