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See, saw, sacradown, Which is the way to London town?
One foot up, the other foot down, And that is the way to London town.
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Shoe the little horse, And shoe the little mare, And let the little colt Run bare, bare, bare.
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Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie; When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king?
The king was in his counting-house Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlor Eating bread and honey;
The maid was in the garden Hanging out the clothes, When along came a blackbird, And pecked off her nose.
Jenny was so mad, She didn't know what to do; She put her finger in her ear, And cracked it right in two.
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Star light, star bright, First star I see to-night; I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish I wish to-night.
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The King of France went up the hill, With twenty thousand men; The King of France came down the hill, And ne'er went up again.
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The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn All round about the town.
Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown, Some gave them plumcake, And sent them out of town.
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The man in the moon Came tumbling down, And asked the way to Norwich; He went by the south And burned his mouth With supping cold pease porridge.
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The north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
Poor thing!
He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm, Will hide his head under his wing, Poor thing!
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The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts, All on a summer's day.
The Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts, And hid them clean away.
The King of Hearts he missed those tarts, And beat the Knave right sore, The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more.
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There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, And found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile: He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
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There was a little boy went into a barn, And lay down on some hay; An owl came out and flew about, And the little boy ran away.
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There was a man and he had naught, And robbers came to rob him; He crept up to the chimney top, And then they thought they had him; But he got down on t'other side, And then they could not find him: He ran fourteen miles in fifteen days, And never looked behind him.
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There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a briar bush, And scratched out both his eyes: And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another bush, And scratched 'em in again.
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There was an old man, And he had a calf, And that's half; He took him out of the stall, And put him on the wall; And that's all.
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