http://www.bibalu.com/nurseryrhymes/lucy-locket/ The largest Internet collection of lullabies and nursery rhymes. Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:46:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.bibalu.com/nurseryrhymes/lucy-locket/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Bibalu Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:59:01 +0000 http://www.bibalu.com/?p=147#comment-28 Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, sometime in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her 'pocket') when she had run through all his money. Kitty Fisher, a noted courtesan, took up with him, even though he had no money. It also taunts Lucy Locket because a "pocket" was what prostitutes kept their money in and would tie to their thigh with a ribbon. (from Wikipedia) Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, sometime in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her ‘pocket’) when she had run through all his money. Kitty Fisher, a noted courtesan, took up with him, even though he had no money. It also taunts Lucy Locket because a “pocket” was what prostitutes kept their money in and would tie to their thigh with a ribbon.
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