“Little Boy Blue”
A nursery rhyme:
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn;
But where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack fast asleep.
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How to use “Little Boy Blue” in a sentence
The "Little Boy Blue" rhyme, it has been urged, had only reference to the butcher's boy.
A History of Nursery Rhymes | Percy B. GreenTo know the little boy blue in his domestic life had been my desire for years.
A Bird-Lover in the West | Olive Thorne MillerAway like a flash went the little boy blue and alighted in a tree beside the house.
Little Brothers of the Air | Olive Thorne MillerYet it developed that Little Boy Blue had not wept until he had borne up a long time with great fortitude.
Everychild | Louis DodgeLittle Boy Blue checked his grief long enough to stare at Cinderella incredulously.
Everychild | Louis Dodge
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