King's College, London.
_Nursery Rhyme._--What is the date of the nursery rhyme:--
"Come when you're called,
Do what you're bid,
Shut the door after you,
Never be chid?"--Ed. 1754.
In Howell's _Letters_ (book i. sect. v. letter 18. p. 211. ed. 1754) I
find--
He will come when you call him, go when you bid him, and shut
the door after him.