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COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE,
AND
PIC-NIC DINNER
OF
Cock Robin & Jenny Wren
WITH THE
DEATH AND BURIAL
OF
POOR COCK ROBIN.
EMBELLISHED WITH THIRTY NEAT COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
LONDON:
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Price six-pence.
COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN.THE
COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, &c.
OF
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren.
THE COURTSHIP.
Says Robin to Jenny,
If you will be mine,
You shall eat pies and puddings,
And drink currant-wine.
GENERAL INVITATION.
Jenny consented; the day was named,
The joyful news the Cock proclaimed.
PARSON AND CLERK.
Together came the Rook and Lark,
The one as Parson, t'other Clerk.
THE WEDDING.
The Goldfinch gave the bride away,
Who promis'd always to obey.
PREPARING FOR THE FEAST.
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