Billy Pringle

Walter Crane 1845 – 1915



Billy Pringle had a little pig,
When it was young it was not very big,
When it was old it lived in clover,
Now it's dead and that's all over.
Billy Pringle he lay down and died,
Betty Pringle she lay down and cried,
So there was an end of one, two, and three,
Billy Pringle he, Betty Pringle she, and the piggy wiggy wee.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 314
Words 65
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Walter Crane

Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was a British artist and book illustrator. more…

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