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What the Children Sing
A BOOK OF

The Most Popular

Nursery Songs, Rhymes 6? Games

With the Traditional Tunes

harmonised by

ALFRED MOFFAT
Cover design by

H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR

AUGENER Ltd.
18 GREAT MABLBOBOUGH STEEET.
63 CONDUIT STEEET & 57 HIGH STEEET.
(Regent Street Corner) !\f ABYLEBONE.
LONDON. W.I.
 CONTENTS

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Jack and Jill 1 Baa! Baa! Black sheep ... 34
Sing a song of sixpence 1 Little jumping Joan 35
Hey diddle diddle 2 I have a little pony 35
Ding dong bell '2 Cock-a-doodle-doo! 36
A fox went out in a hungry plight 3 The North wind does blow ... 36
Three children sliding on the ice 4 Come and lads
lasses 37
Oh where, oh where is my little Three blind mice 38
dog gone 4 There was an old woman as I've
London Bridge is broken down 5 heard tell 38
Dr. Faustus was a good man ... 5 Dance a Baby Diddy 39
There was a little man ... ... 6 Ride a cock-horse 39
A frog he would a -wooing go ... 7 This pig went to market ... 40
dear sixpence 8 Doctor Foster went to Gloster... 40
Little Jack Homer ... ... 8 Four & twenty tailors 41
Lavender's blue 9 Hey diddle dumpling, my son John 41
Pat-a-cake ... ... ... ... 9 Twinkle, twinkle, little star .. 42
Oranges and lemons 10 Good King Arthur ... ... 42
Hark! Hark! the dogs do bark 11 Girls and boys come out to play 43
The King of France 11 Young lambs to sell 43
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where The lion and the unicorn ... 44
have you been 12 all you little blacky tops . 44
Dame get up and bake your pies 12 Over the hills and far away ... 45
See-saw Marjorie Daw ... ... 13 What areboys made of
little ... 46
Sing Ivy 13 Wee Willie Winkie ... 47
The craw's lulled the poussie, O ! 14
Lucy Locket ... 47
The babes in the wood ... ... 15 Little Polly Flinders ... 48
Goosey, goosey, gander 16 Jack Spratt ... 48
Bye, Baby Bunting 16 The old woman who lived in a shoe 49
Polly put the kettle on ... 17
Dickory, dickory, dock 49
A was an archer 17 Nuts in May 50
Oh dear, what can the matter be
! 18 Three wise men of Gotham ... 50
Mary had a little lamb ... ... 19 1 love pussy
little 51
When the snow is on the ground 20 I had a little nut tree 51
Old King Cole ?1 There was a man of Thessaly ... 52
Little Bo-peep 22 Cock-robin 52
The spider and the fly 22 Little Miss Muffet ... 53
Kobiuson Crusoe ... ... ... 24 Old Mother Hub bard 53
Little Boy Blue 25 me why 54
Lazy sheep, pray tell '?

There came to my window - . 25 Little Tom Tucker 55

Mistress Bond 26 Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub 55
The mulberry bush ... ,. 26
Humpty Dumpty... ... 56
There was an old woman tossed There was a crooked man ... 56
up in a basket ... 27 The three little kittens 57
The Carrion Crow 28 Hot cross buns ... ... 58
My daddy and mammy are Irish 29 A little cock sparrow ... ,58
1 saw three ships come sailing by 29 '
Dance toyour daddy ... 59
Georgy-Porgy ... .30
Simple Simon 59
Curly locks ... 30
Buy a broom 60
To-morrow the fox will come Where are you going to, my
to town 31 pretty maid ... ... ... 61
The man in the moon ... 32 The jolly miller 61
If all the world were paper ... 32 Yankee doodle 62
Mary, Mary, quite contrary ... 33 Three mice went into a hole to spin 63
A ring o' roses 33 Hush-a-by baby ... 64

Lady bird, lady bird 34 Sleep, baby, sleep 64

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A fox went out in ahungry plight 3 Nuts in May 50
A frog he would a wooing go ... 7 O all you little blacky-tops ... 44
A little cock sparrow ... ... 5s O dear sixpence . 8
A ring o' roses 33 Oh Dear, what can the matter be
! 18
A was an archer 17 Oh where, oh where is my little
dog gone 4
Baa Baa Black sheep
! ! 34
Old King Cole 21
Buy a broom KO
Old Mother Hubbard 53
Bye, Baby Bunting 16
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Oranges and lemons 10
Cock-a-doodle-doo !

Over the hills and far away ... 45

Cock-robin 52
Pat-a-cake 9
Come, lasses and lads 37
Polly put the kettle on 17
Curly locks ... ... ... 30
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where
Dame up and bake your pies 1 2
get have you been ... 12
Dance a Baby Diddy 39 Ride a cock horse . . ... ... 39
Dance to your daddy ... ... 59 Robinson Crusoe 24
Dickory, dickory, dock 49 Rub-a-dub-dub, three menina tub 55
Ding, dong, dell 2 See saw, Marjorie Daw... ... 13
Doctor Faustus was a good man 5
Simple Simon 59
Doctor Foster went to Glostcr... 40
Sing a song of sixpence 1
Four and twenty tailors ... 41
Sing Ivy 13
Georgy-Porgy 30 64
Sleep, baby, sleep
Girls and boys come out to play 43 The babes in the wood 15
Good King Arthur 42 The Carrion Crow 28
Goosey, goosey, gander 16 The craws killed the Poussie, O ! 14
Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark 11 The jolly miller . 61
Hey diddle diddle 2 The King of France 11
Hey diddle dumpling, my son John 41 The lion and the unicorn . . 44
Hot cross buns 58 The mulberry bush ... 26
Humpty Dumpty... ... 5ii
The man in the moon 32
Hush-a-by baby 64 The North wind does blow ... 36
I had a little nut tree 51 The old woman who lived in a shoe 49
I have a little pony 35
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The spider and the fly 22
I love little pussy 51 The three little kittens 57
I saw three ships come sailing by 29 There came to my window ... 25
If all the world were paper ... 32 There was a crooked man ... 56
Jack and Jill ... ... ... 1 There was a little man ... 6
Jack Spratt 48 There was a man of Thessaly... 52

Lady bird, lady bird 34 There was an old woman as I've

heard tell 38
Lavender's blue 9
There was an old woman tossed
Lazy sheep, pray tell me why 54
up in a basket ... ... 27
Little Bo-peep ... 22 This pig went to market ... 40
Little boy blue 25 Three blind mice 38
Little Jack Horner 8 Three children sliding on the ice 4
Little Jumping Joan 35 Three mice went into a hole to spin 63
Little Miss Muffet 53 Three wise men of Gotham ... 50
Little Polly Flinders 48
To-morrow the fox will come
to town 31
Little Tom
Tucker 55
Twinkle, twinkle, little star . 42
London Bridge is broken down 5 Wee Willie Winkle ... 47
Lucy Locket 47 What are the little boys made of 46

Mary had a little lamb 19 When the snow is on the ground 20

Where are you going to, my
Mary, Mary, quite contrary ... 33
pretty maid ... 61
Mistress Bond 26 Yankee doodle ... ... 62
My daddy and mammy are Irish 29 Young lambs to sell 43
 PREFACE

LL the most popular Nursery Rhymes are here col-

lected together in one book, and the traditional or
best known tunes have been chosen and harmonised in a
manner easily playable and within the voice compass of
the little singers. A great many of the tunes make excel-

lent dance music, while many of the songs can also be

performed in costume with the greatest effect.

The principal object of this book, however, is to pro-

vide a collection not from an academical point of view,

but one which contains nothing but the really best known
rhymes and songs. hoped they will help to revive
It is

the beautiful old practice of mothers singing with their

children, thereby inculcating at an early age the sense of
music, and instilling a love for the beautiful old British

Folk-Songs.

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Edited and harmonised by
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1. A fox went out in a hun . gry plight, And he begged of the moon to
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1. Three chil-drenslid . ing on the ice, Up . on a sum.mers day;. It

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so fell out, that they fell in, The

2. Now had these children not been there, 3. You parents who three children have,
Or sliding on dry ground; And you that have got none;
Ten thousand pounds to one penny, If you would have them safe abroad,
They had not then been drowned. Pray keep them safe at home.

OH WHERE, OH WHERE IS MY LITTLE DOG GONE.

7. Oh where, oh where is my lit . tie dog gone Oh where, oh

where can he be?_ With his ears cut short and his

tail cut long Oh where, oh where is he?_

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LONDON BRIDGE IS BROKEN DOWN.
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 A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO.

1. A Prog he would a woo . ing go 'Heigh ho!" said Row. ley;

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Frog he would a woo . ing go, Whether his mo.ther would let him, or no, With a

gam.mon and spin.ach," Heigh

2. Off he set with his opera hat, 8. "Since you have caught cold, Mr. Frog!' mousy said,
"Heigh-ho!" said Rowley; "Heigh-ho! "said Rowley,
Off he set with his opera hat, "Since you have caughtcold, Mr. FrogJ'mousy said,
And on the road he met with a rat, "I'll sing you a song that I have just made,"
With a rowly, powly, &c. With a rowly, powly, Ac.
3. Soon they arrived at the mouse's hall, 9. As they were and merry making,
in glee
"Heigh-ho ["said Rowley; "Heigh-ho!"said Rowley;
Soon they arrived at the mouse's hall, As they were in glee and merry making,
They gave a loud tap, and they gave a loud call, A cat and her kittens came tumbling in,
With a rowly, powly, Ac. With a rowly, powly, &c.
4. "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, are you within?" 10. The cat she seized the rat by the crown,
"Heigh-ho! "said Rowley; "Heigh-ho!"said Rowley;
"Pray, Mrs. Mouse,are you within?" The cat she seized the rat by the crown,
"Yes, kind Sir! I'm sitting to spin," The kittens they pulled the little mouse down,
With a rowly, powly, Ac. With a rowly, powly, Ac.
5. "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, will you give us some beer?" 11. This put Mr. Frog in a terrible fright,
"Heigh-ho! "said Rowley; "Heigh-ho! "said Rowley;
"Pray, Mrs. Mouse, will you give us some beer? This put Mr. Frog in a terrible fright,
That Froggy and I may have good cheer," He took up his hat and he wished them good-niphi,
With a rowly, powly, &c. With a rowly, powly, &c.
6. "Pray, Mr. Frog, will you give us a song?" 12. As Froggy was crossing it over a brook,

"Heigh-ho!" said Rowley; "Heigh-ho! "said Rowley;

"Pray, Mr. Frog, will you give us a song? As Froggy was crossing it over a brook,
Let the subject be something that's not over long," A lily-white duck came and gobbled him up,
With a rowly, powly, Ac. With a rowly, powly, Ac.
7. "Indeed, Mrs. Mouse ("replied the frog, 13. So here an end of one, two and three,
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"Heigh-ho! "said Rowley; "Heigh-ho! "said Rowley;

"Indeed, Mrs. Mouse!" replied the frog, So here is an end of one, two and three,
"A cold has made me as hoarse as a hog," The rat, the mouse, and the little Froggy,
With a rowly, powly, Ac. With a rowly, powly, Ac.
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O, DEAR SIXPENCE.

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LAVENDERS BLUE.

1. La . ven . ders blue, did . die, did. die! La . ven . ders green;
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When I am King, did . die, did . die! You shall be Queen.

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2. Call up your men, diddle, diddle ! 3. Some to make hay, diddle, diddle!
Set them to work, Some to cut corn;
Some to the plough, diddle, diddle ! While you and I, diddle, diddle!
Some to the cart Keep ourselves warm.

PAT -A- CAKE.

Pat.a.cake pat.a.cake ba . ker's man! That I will mas.ter as quick as I can;

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ORANGES AND LEMONS.

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HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK.

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Pus.sy cat, pussy cat, whatdidyou there? I caught a lit .tie mouse un.der her chair."

DAME GET UP AND BAKE YOUR PIES.

1. Dame, get up and bake your pies, Bake your pies, bake your pies;

Dame, get up and bake your pies On Christmas Day in the morn mg

2. Dame, what makes your maidens lie? 3. Dame, what makes your ducks to die?

Maidens lie, maidens lie; Ducks to die, ducks to die;

Dame, what makes your maidens lie Dame, what makes your ducks to die
On Christmas Day in the morning? On Christmas Day in the morning?

4. Their wings are cut, they cannot fly,-

Cannot fly, cannot fly,

Their wings are cut they cannot fly,

On Christmas Day in the morning.

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SEE- SAW, MARJORIE DAW.

1. See saw, Mar .

jo.rie Daw Jack . y shall have a new mas . ter;
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THE CRAWS KILLED THE POUSSIE, 0!

(A Scottish Nursery Rhyme)

The craw's killed the poussie, 0! The craw's killed the poussie, 0! The

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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

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GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER.

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POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON.

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OH! DEAR, WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE.

Oh! dear, what can themat.ter be? Oh! dear,

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what can the mat . ter be? Oh! dear, what can the mat . ter be?

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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.

30. 1. Ma. . ry had a lit . tie lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And

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WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND.

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OLD KING COLE.

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lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them;

Leave them a. lone, and they'll come home And bring their tails be . hind them.

2. Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep 3. She took up her crook, intending to look,
And dreamt she heard them bleating, Determined for to find them;
But when she awoke she found it a joke, She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they were still a-fleeting. For they'd left their tails behind them.
4. Sheheaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,
And ran over hill and dale, 0!
And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should
To tack to each sheep its tail,O!

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.

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 I have ma . ny pret . ty things to show you when you're there." "Oh,

no, no!" said the lit . tie Fly, "To ask me is in vain, For

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who goes up your wind -

ing stair, shall ne'er come down a gain.'

2. "I'm sure you must be weary, dear! with soaring up so high,

Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the Spider to the Fly ;

"There are pretty curtains drawn around, the sheets are fine and thin,
And if you like to rest awhile, 111 snugly tuck you in:"
"Oh, no, no! "said the little Fly," For I have heard it said,
They never, never wake again who sleep upon your bed."
3. The Spider turned him round about and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again;
So he wove a subtle web in a little corner sly,
And he set his table ready to dine
upon the Fly:
Then he came out to his door again and merrily did sing,
"Come hither, hither, pretty Fly with the pearl and silver wing.

4. Alas! alas! how very soon this silly little Fly,

Hearing these flattering speeches came quickly buzzing by;

all

With gauzy wing she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her crested head and gold and purple hue:
Thinking only of her brilliant wings.poor silly thing, at last
Up jumped the wicked Spider and fiercely held her fast!
5. He dragged her up his winding stair into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour, but she ne'er came out again!
And now all you young maidens who may this story hear,
To idle flattering speeches,! pray you, ne'er give ear:
Unto an evil counsellor close heart and ear and eye,
And learn a lesson from the tale of the Spider and the Fly.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE.

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guess if you can For you've heard of the man, His name it was Rob. in. son

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ring- a -ting tang, And a ring -

a.ting tang, His name it was Rob.in.son Cru - soe!

Prhaps you've read in a book

2. 5. He wore a high cap
Of a voyage he took, With a thick furry nap,
And how the raging wave blew so! I wonder how he could do so!

That his ship with a shock And he made him a coat

Drove plump on a rock, From an old Nanny goat,
Nearly drowning poor Robinson Crusoe. So clever was Robinson Crusoe.
0,poor Robinson Crusoe! &c. O.poor Robinson Crusoe! &c.

3. Poor soul, none but he 6. He had a man Friday

Remained in the sea. To keep his house tidy,
Ah! cruel fate, how could you do so! Of course 'twas his duty to do so!

Till ashore he was thrown They lived friendly together;

On an Island unknown, Less like servant, than brother
O'.poor Robinson Crusoe. Was Friday to Robinson Crusoe.

O.poor Robinson Crusoe! &c. O,poor Robinson Crusoe! &c.

4. He got all the wood 7. Once a fine English sail

That ever he could, Came near within hail,

And he stuck it together with glue, so! Then he took to his little canoe, so!
That he made him a hut When
he got to the ship
In which he might put. They gave him a trip,
The body of Robinson Crusoe. To England came Robinson Crusoe.
0,poor Robinson Crusoe! &c. O.poor Robinson Crusoe! &c.

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LITTLE BOY BLUE.

30. Lit. tie BoyBlue.come blow your horn, The sheep's in the mea.dow, the cow's in the corn

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MY DADDY AND MAMMY ARE IRISH.

42. l.My Dad.dy and Marn_my are rish, We live up -On I . rish

stew;. We bought a tin ket.tle for nine . pence, And it is I . rish too!.

2. The dog is a rale Irish terrier, 3. The garden is full of potatoes,

No purtier baste ever was born; There's plenty of pigs in the sty;
The cow is a swate Irish heifer, These constitute all of the family
With just one curly horn. With Dad, and Mam, and I.

I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING BY.

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TO-MORROW THE FOX WILL COME TO TOWN.

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IF ALL THE WORLD WERE PAPER.

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MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY.

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COME LASSES AND LADS.

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THIS PIG WENT TO MARKET.
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FOUR AND TWENTY TAILORS.

Four, and-twenty tai lors Went a The best man

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HEY DIDDLE DUMPLING, MY SON JOHN.

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 TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR.

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 GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY

1. Girls and boys come out to play, Th moon doth shine as

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Come with a whoop and come with a call And come with a goodwill or
down the street

not at all. Up the ladder and down the wall, A half-penny loaf will serve us all.
You find milk, and I'll findflour.Andlwe'llh ave a pudding in half - an- hour.

YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL.

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THE LION AND THE UNICORN.

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U - ni.corn All round a. bout the town. Some gave them white bread, And

some gave them brown, And some gave them plum . cake, And sent them from the town.

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OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY.

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WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF.

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WEE WILLIE WINKIE.
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LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS.

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THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE.

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NUTS IN MAY.
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I LOVE LITTLE PUSSY.

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THERE WAS A MAN OF THESSALY.

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LAZY SHEEP, PRAY TELL ME WHY?

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LITTLE TOM TUCKER.

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DANCE TO YOUR DADDY.

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BUY A BROOM.

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WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, MY PRETTY MAID.

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