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Cackle Cackle Mother Goose

Cackle Cackle Mother Goose Illustration
Origin: England
Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose,
Have you any feathers loose?
Truly have I, pretty fellow,
Half enough to fill a pillow.
Here are quills, take one or two,
And down to make a bed for you.

The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. As a character, she appears in one nursery rhyme. The term "Mother Goose" dates back to the mid-17th century.