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When quick from the saucepan the pudding jumped out,

And danced in the sand on the floor. The dame began laughing, the parrot laughed too;

The pudding bounced open the door; The door being open, Poll out of it flew,

And they feared they should see her

no more.

Poll flew with her prize to the top of a

tree;

Gaffer pelted with dirt and with stones; When Goody, enraged that the parrot was free,

Protested she'd break all his bones.

Gaffer went in a rage, and he did not keep cool,

He said he would go for his gun; And a host of young urchins, returning from school,

Hurrahed at the glorious fun.

Poll wickedly into a pond dropped the wig,

By the side of which grew a tall tree; Gaffer cut a long bough, and fished for his wig;

[glee. The boys danced and shouted with At last Gaffer managed to hook out his wig,

Which suspended his desperate rage; Jack struck up a tune, and they all danced a jig,

And the parrot flew back to her cage.

HE cuckoo is a bonny bird,
He sings as he flies;
He brings us good tidings,
He tells us no lies.

He sucks little birds' eggs,
To make his voice clear;
And never cries "Cuckoo !
Till the spring time is near.

HE girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain,

Cried gobble, gobble, gobble: The man on the hill, that couldn't stand still,

Went hobble, hobble, hobble.

HE lion and the unicorn

Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave them white bread, Some gave them brown, Some gave them plumcake, And sent them out of town.

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play,

[gay. To dress up the lambs with ribbons

HE man in the moon

Came down too soon,

And asked his way to Norwich; He went by the south

And burnt his mouth With eating cold plum-porridge.

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HE man in the wilderness asked me,

How many strawberries grew in the sea?

I answered him as I thought good,

As many red herrings as grew in the wood.

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