Lang. The Key of the Kingdom

From The Nursery Rhyme Book edited by Andrew Lang.

This is Roud 19803.

Lang ends with etceteras ("Flowers in the basket, basket in the bed, bed in the room, &c. &c."), but I brought it around full circle.


THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM

This is the key of the kingdom.
In that kingdom there is a city.
In that city there is a town.
In that town there is a street.
In that street there is a lane.
In that lane there is a yard.
In that yard there is a house.
In that house there is a room.
In that room there is a bed.
On that bed there is a basket.
In that basket there are some flowers.


Flowers there are in the basket.
Basket there is on the bed.
Bed there is in the room
Room there is in the house.
House there is in the yard.
Yard there is in the lane.
Lane there is in the street.
Street there is in the town.
Town there is in the city.
City there is in the kingdom.
This is the key of the kingdom.


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