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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 99, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: All the bells were ringing
Last Line: And all the birds are singing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): The Broken Doll


ALL the bells were ringing
And all the birds were singing,
When Molly sat down crying
For her broken doll:
O you silly Moll!
Sobbing and sighing
For a broken doll,
When all the bells are ringing
And all the birds are singing.





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