Mother shake the cherry‑tree

Mother shake the cherry-tree,
  Susan catch a cherry;
Oh how funny that will be,
  Let's be merry!

One for brother, one for sister,
  Two for mother more,
Six for father, hot and tired,
  Knocking at the door.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , no title, from Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, published 1872

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by Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983) , "Mother shake the cherry-tree", published 1925 [voice, piano], from Kikirikee

Date added to the website: 2006-01-28.

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