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Le catalogue en ligne des disques Berliner Gramophone de 12,5 cm
The Gramophone five inch Berliner records online catalogue
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
To listen (fragment)
Berliner 5 inch record #37
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
went to the cupboard,
To fetch her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there,
her cupboard was bare,
so then the poor dog had none.She went to the baker's
to buy him some bread;
When she got back,
the poor dog was dead.She went to the joiner's
to buy him a coffin;
When she got back,
the dog was a-laughing.She took a clean dish
to get him some tripe;
When she came back,
he was smoking a pipe.She went to the out-house
to get him some beer;
When she came back,
the dog sat in a chair.She went to the fruiter's
to buy him some fruit;
When she came back,
he was playing the flute.She went to the tailor's
to buy him a coat;
When she came back,
he was riding a goat.She went to the hatter's
to buy him a hat;
When she came back,
he was feeding the cat.She went to the barber's
to buy him a wig;
When she came back,
he was dancing a jig.She went to the cobbler's
to buy him some shoes;
When she came back,
he was reading the news.
She went to the seamstress
to buy him some linen;
When she came back,
the dog was a-spinning.She went to the fishmonger's
To buy him some fish;
But when she came back,
He was licking the dish.She went to the grocer's
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back,
He was playing the flute.She went to the hosier's
to buy him some hose;
When she came back,
he was dressed in his clothes.The dame made a curtsy,
the dog made a bow;
The dame said, "Your servant,"
the dog said, "Bow-wow."
This nursery rhyme was printed 1805 as The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog. It was written by Sarah Catherine Martin (1768-1826), but based on earlier material of unknown origin (the name is attested from 1591). It is claimed that the housekeeper at Kitley House in Yealmpton, where Sarah Martin stayed in 1804, was also a Mrs Hubbard. [1] The first 2 stanzas are likely older than the others, because they use a different meter. The book was immediately popular, possibly in part because it was handy for political commentary (a practice that continues to this day).
More on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mother_Hubbard