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I had a little hen,
the prettiest ever seen,
She washed up the dishes
and kept the house clean.
She went to the mill
to fetch us some flour,
And always got home
in less than an hour.
She baked me my bread,
she brewed me my ale,
She sat by the fire
and told a fine tale!
Possible
meaning or origins of the nursery rhyme lyrics
'Little Hen' is a term of endearment used in Scotland and
therefore implies a rhyme with Scottish origins. The imagination of a
child, however, takes all words and lyrics literally thus any pictures
illustrating this story always show a little hen!
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