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Little Maid

Traditional

ages 0 to 2nursery rhymesread aloudabout 16 seconds aloud

A tiny call-and-response between a stranger and a milkmaid, over almost before it starts. Its back-and-forth pattern makes it a natural for two voices.

From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.

"Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?"
"Down in the forest to milk my cow."
"Shall I go with thee?" "No, not now;
When I send for thee, then come thou."

Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition

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