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Robin-a-bobbin

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ages 0 to 2nursery rhymesread aloudabout 6 seconds aloud

A tiny four-line rhyme built almost entirely around its own rhythm and the fun of the name Robin-a-Bobbin. The archer's aim goes wrong in the last line, which is the joke, though it does mean a crow ends up shot.

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

Robin-a-Bobbin
Bent his bow,
Shot at a pigeon,
And killed a crow.

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

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