Picture No | 10000123 |
Date | circa 1874 |
Description | Oranges and Lemons |
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Two children make an arch by holding hands, while the others pass beneath singing a song about the churches of London, at the last line the unlucky one has her head chopped off. 'Here comes a candle to light you to bed, and here comes a chopper to chop off your head'.
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Source | Engraving by T. Dalziel in Our Favourite Nursery Rhymes page 34 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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