Old nurse's book of rhymes, jingles and ditties

by Unknown

There was a man in double deed,

Who sow’d his garden full of seed;

And when the seed began to grow,

’Twas like a garden full of snow;

And when the snow began to fall,

’Twas like a bird upon the wall;

And when the bird away did fly,

’Twas like an eagle in the sky;

And when the sky began to roar,