William Allingham. ROBIN REDBREAST Good-bye, good-bye to Summer!

Robin, Robin Redbreast, O Robin dear!

Robin, Robin Redbreast, O Robin dear!

Robin, Robin Redbreast, O Robin dear!

William Cullen Bryant Robin Redbreast William Allingham Romance Gabriel Setoun Sandman, The Margaret Vandegrift Sandpiper, The Celia Thaxter September

We read, both in prose and verse, the praises of the European Lark, Linnet, and Nightingale, and the English Robin Redbreast has been immortalized in song.

But the American Robin, (Turdus migratorius,) though surnamed Redbreast, is a bird of different species and different habits.

Old Mother Goose Little Jumping Joan Pat-a-Cake Money and the Mare Robin Redbreast A Melancholy Song Jack Going to St. Ives Thirty Days Hath September

" Little Miss Muffet Little Nanny Etticoat Little Polly Flinders Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree Little Tommy Tittlemouse Little Tom Tucker Lives in winter London Bridge is broken down Long legs, crooked thighs Lucy Locket lost her pocket

" "Oh, oh! say you so? Money will make the mare to go!" ROBIN REDBREAST Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went Pussy-Cat, down went he, Down came Pussy-Cat, away Robin ran, Says little Robin Redbreast: "Catch me if you can!" Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade, Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.

" "Oh, oh! say you so? Money will make the mare to go!" ROBIN REDBREAST Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went Pussy-Cat, down went he, Down came Pussy-Cat, away Robin ran, Says little Robin Redbreast: "Catch me if you can!" Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade, Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.

" "Oh, oh! say you so? Money will make the mare to go!" ROBIN REDBREAST Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went Pussy-Cat, down went he, Down came Pussy-Cat, away Robin ran, Says little Robin Redbreast: "Catch me if you can!" Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade, Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.

" "Oh, oh! say you so? Money will make the mare to go!" ROBIN REDBREAST Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went Pussy-Cat, down went he, Down came Pussy-Cat, away Robin ran, Says little Robin Redbreast: "Catch me if you can!" Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade, Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.

WHEN JENNY WREN WAS YOUNG 'Twas once upon a time, when Jenny Wren was young, So daintily she danced and so prettily she sung, Robin Redbreast lost his heart, for he was a gallant bird.

LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.

No lark or linnet or redbreast or mocking-bird could live, much less warble, in those carbonic times.

The silly wren, the titmouse also, The little redbreast have their election, They fly I saw and together gone, Whereas hem list, about environ As they of kinde have inclination, And as nature impress and guide, Of everything list to provide.

My impression was, that they somewhat resembled the notes of a wild duck in its nocturnal flight, and, at times, the twitter of a redbreast, in quick succession.

And then she quoted in the deep throaty voice which was one of her greatest charms: "A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all Heaven in a rage.

E. Eagle and Robin Redbreast, i. 117, n. 1.

WARTON, Mrs. Joseph, i. 496, n. 2. WARTON, Rev. Thomas, account of him, i. 270, n. 1; appearance, ii. 41, n. 1; described by Miss Burney, iv. 7, n. 1; Boswell and Johnson call on him, ii. 446; Chatterton's forgery, exposes, iii. 50, n, 5; iv. 141, n. 1; contributions to the Life of Johnson, i. 8; Eagle and Robin Redbreast, i. 117, n. 1; Heroick Epistle, the authorship of the, iv.

The Redbreast has been, I am told, occasionally seen in the neighbourhood of Fleet-market and Ludgate-hill.

* THE REDBREAST CHASING THE BUTTERFLY

If thou would'st be ... 1807.] * * * * * FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: The title, in the editions 1807 to 1820, was 'The Redbreast and the Butterfly'.

In the editions 1827 to 1843 it was 'The Redbreast and Butterfly'.