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i live in NovaScotia CANADA

learned this poem in the little one room schoolin the 50ies i could picture the jolly farmers then as i can now in my mind's eve 65 years later

We learned this poem in school in Ramsgate, Kent, back in 1952. Today is the first time I've seen the words since, and could remember most of them. Isn't the human brain wonderful! Almost 70 years ago, and now a world away from those bucolic English scenes, in New Zealand.

We read this in school. Second form(now year 8) . We had to do a do a drawing for homework depicting the poem. Mine was greatly praised by our teacher! That was in 1963. I still have my drawing!

Yes...I remember this too..from school. We sung this in the school choir...loved it then and still do...at 66! ......Walter De La Mere! ....didn't know that........Still learning! ..

Can remember my school headmaster reading us this poem when I was about 9. I am now 60 and just found it on your site and love it still