A little cock sparrow sat on a tree
This old nursery rhyme is called “A little cock sparrow sat on a tree” — enjoy your reading!
“A little cock sparrow sat on a tree,
Looking as happy as happy could be,
Till a boy came by with his bow and arrow,
Says he, I will shoot the little cock sparrow.
His body will make me a nice little stew,
And his giblets will make me a little pie, too.
Says the little cock sparrow, I'll be shot if I stay,
So he clapped his wings, and flew away.”
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