A Tisket A Tasket — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics
A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it,
I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket.
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- The lyrics to A Tisket A Tasket are: A-tisket a-tasket / A green and yellow basket / I wrote a letter to my love / And on the way I dropped it, / I dropped it, / I dropped it, ... Read the full 8-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
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- "A Tisket A Tasket" has 8 lines of verse.
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