Kisses

There was a young sailor of Lyd,
Who loved a fair Japanese kid;
    When it came to good-bye,
    They were eager but shy,
So they put up a sunshade and - did.

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Nursery Rhyme. DCLVII. Relics.

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Nursery Rhyme. I. Historical - Old King Cole

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXXXII. Jingles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXXVIII. Games.

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Was I a Samurai renowned,
Two-sworded, fierce, immense of bow?
A histrion angular and profound?
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Ive a kiss from a warmer lover
Than maiden earth can be:
She blew it up to the skies above her,
And now it has come to me;
From the far-away it has come today
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She lay and laughed on a lazy billow,
Far away on the deep,
Who had gathered the froth for my ladys pillow
Gathered a sparkling heap;
And the oceans cry was the lullaby
That cradled my love to sleep.

Far away on the blue Pacific
There doth my lady roam,
That is oft-times gay, but as oft terrific:
Her jewels are beads of foam:
In a coral cave, where a blue-green wave
Keeps guard, is my ladys home.

She claps her hands, and her henchman hurries
West of the sunset sheen:
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    Who loved a young lady with zest;
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