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A, B, C, tumble down D, The cat's in the cupboard and can't see me.
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I caught a hare alive ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, I let her go again.
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GREAT A, little a, Bouncing B, The cat's in the cupboard, And she can't see.
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ONE, two, Buckle my shoe ; Three, four, Shut the door ; Five, six, Pick up sticks ; Seven, eight, Lay them straight ; Nine, ten, A good fat hen ; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve ? Thirteen, fourteen, Maids a courting ; Fifteen, sixteen, Maids a kissing ; Seventeen, eighteen, Maids a waiting ; Nineteen, twenty, My stomach's empty.
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PAT-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man : So I will, master, as fast as I can : Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T, Put in the oven for Tommy and me.
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| [The following is taken from MS. Sloan. 2497, of the sixteenth century. Probably an epigram on one of the family of the Noels, or Nowells.] |
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N. for a word of deniance, E. with a figure of L. fiftie. Spelleth his name that newer Will be thriftie.
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MISS one two and three, could never agree, While they gossiped round a tea-caddy.
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ONE's none ; Two's some ; Three's a many ; Four's a penny ; Five is a little hundred.
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