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Title: The Milkmaid

Author: Randolph Caldecott

Release date: November 19, 2006 [eBook #19868]

Language: English

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The Milkmaid

 

R. Caldecott’s

Picture

BOOKS

 

“Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?”

 

 

Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.

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The Milkmaid.

An Old Song exhibited & explained
in many designs by R. Caldecott.

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A Lady said to her Son—a poor young Squire:

“You must seek a Wife with a Fortune!”

 

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“Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?”

“I'm going a-milking, Sir,” she said.

 

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“Shall I go with you, my Pretty Maid?”

“Oh yes, if you please, kind Sir,” she said.

 

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“What is your Father, my Pretty Maid?”

 

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“My Father's a Farmer, Sir,” she said.

 

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“Shall I marry you, my Pretty Maid?”

“Oh thank you, kindly, Sir,” she said.

 

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“But what is your fortune, my pretty Maid?”

“My face is my fortune, Sir,” she said.

 

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“Then I can't marry you, my Pretty Maid!”

“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.

 

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“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.

 

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“Sir!” she said.

 

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“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.

 

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Randolph Caldecott’s

Picture Books

“The humour of Randolph Caldecott’s drawings is simply irresistible, no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without laughing.”
In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates.
1 John Gilpin
2 The House that Jack Built
3 The Babes in the Wood
4 The Mad Dog
5 Three Jovial Huntsmen
6 Sing a Song for Sixpence
7 The Queen of Hearts
8 The Farmer’s Boy
  9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson’s Gate
13 Come Lasses and Lads
14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c.
15 Mrs. Mary Blaize
16 The Great Panjandrum Himself
The above selections are also issued in Four Volumes, square crown 4to, attractive binding. Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches.
1 R. Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1
2 R. Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2
3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book
4 The Panjandrum Picture Book

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 2 containing the second 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches.

·London· Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. ·& new york·

The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of all Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers.