Gammer Gurton's garland of nursery songs and Toby Tickle's collection of riddles/Father Grey-beard

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Gammer Gurton's garland of nursery songs and Toby Tickle's collection of riddles (c. 1820)
Peter Puzzlecap and Thomas Bewick
Father Grey-beard
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4528337Gammer Gurton's garland of nursery songs and Toby Tickle's collection of riddles — Father Grey-beardc/1820Peter Puzzlecap and Thomas Bewick


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FATHER GREY-BEARD.

Old Father Grey-beard,
 Tho' now stiff and old,
Was once young and lively,
 Courageous and bold:
Then timely learn this truth,
That age soon follows youth.


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