scif_yar

Искал один стих и не нашел. Печалька.
Зато что нашлось .. то, что переводы не всегда так чтоб переводы

Robin the Bobbin, the big bellied Ben,
He ate more meat than fourscore men;

Робин Бобин Барабек
Скушал сорок человек,

Про гвоздь я знал -
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.

Искал я три подарка -

Полдюжины булавок
Я Вам преподношу
И быть моей женою
Покорно Вас прошу.

Говорят что это ультра сокращенный вариант
The Devil's Courtship/An Dro

"I'll buy you a pennyworth o' priens
If that be the way true love begins
If ye'll gang alang wi' me m'dear, if ye'll gang alang wi' me?"

"Ye can hae your pennyworth of priens
Though that be the way true love begins
For I'll never gang wi' you m'dear, I'll never gang wi' you."

"I'll buy you a braw snuff box
Nine times opened, nine times locked
If ye'll gang alang wi' me m'dear, if ye'll gang alang wi' me?"

"You can hae your braw snuff box
Nine times opened, nine times locked
For I'll never gang wi' you m'dear, I'll never gang wi' you."

"I'll buy you a silken goon
Wi' nine stripes up and nine stripes doon
If ye'll gang alang wi' me m'dear, if ye'll gang alang wi' me?"

"You can hae your silken goon
Wi' nine stripes up and nine stripes doon
For I'll never gang wi' you m'dear, I'll never gang wi' you."

"I'll buy you a nine stringed bell
Tae call yer maid when'er you will
If ye'll gang alang wi' me m'dear, if ye'll gang alang wi' me?"

"You can keep your nine stringed bell
Tae call my maid when'er I will
For I'll never gang wi' you m'dear, I'll never gang wi' you."

"I'll gie you a kist o' gold
Tae comfort you when you are old
If ye'll gang alang wi' me m'dear, if ye'll gang alang wi' me?"

"These are fine words you say
So mount up lad you've won the day
I'll gang alang wi' you m'dear, I'll gang alang wi' you."

They'd scarcely gone a mile
Before she spied his cloven heel
"I rue I come wi' you" she says, "I rue I come wi' you."

"I'll grip ye hard and fast,
Gold won your virgin heart at last
And I'll no part wi' you m'dear, I'll never part wi' you."

And as they were galloping along
The cold wind carried her mournful song
"I rue I come wi' you" she says, "I rue I come wi' you."
"I rue I come wi' you" she says, "I rue I come wi' you."

Про Шалтая тоже знал -
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall

как и про котэ -
- Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, Where have you been?
- I’ve been to London To look at the Queen.
https://eregwen.livejournal.com/1223128.html
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858849103/
http://englishos.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_9349.html
http://s-marshak.ru/articles/etkind.htm
https://irin-v.livejournal.com/1154455.html

PS
If Rabbit
Was bigger
And fatter
And stronger,
Or bigger
Than Tigger,
If Tigger
Was smaller,
Then Tigger's bad habit
Of bouncing at Rabbit
Would matter
No longer,
If Rabbit
Was taller