| United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries - 1938 - 284 lapas
...little girl who asked her mother, "Mother, dear, may I go out to swim?" "Yes, my darling daughter; hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don't go near the water." That is just what you are doing to this industry. It may be wise to do it, but I do not think it is.... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee - 1939 - 460 lapas
...when her daughter asked her, "May I go out to swim?" and she said, "Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don't go near the water." You are opposed to Federal housing as a principle, but you are saying that you are for it, just for... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1939 - 462 lapas
...when her daughter asked her, "May I go out to swim?" and she said, "Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don't go near the water." You are opposed to Federal housing as a principle, but you are saying that you are for it, just for... | |
| 1915 - 962 lapas
...the young lady in the nursery rhyme: " Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes, my dearest daughter, Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, But don't go near the water;" L The Militia Pay Bill. citizen soldiers as access to water is essential to the act of swimming. All... | |
| 1925 - 734 lapas
...me the origin of the ancient quatrain: Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes, my darling daughter; Hang your clothes on a hickory limb. But don't go near the water. I can't find it in any reference-book to which I have access. Obviously, it must be American, not English,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1951 - 1464 lapas
...reply in the famous nursery rhyme: "Mother, may I go out to swim?" "Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, But don't go near the water." The House enactment tells our negotiators, who apparently are assumed to be chiefly interested in making... | |
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