Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXXV. Love And Matrimony.

    Jack and Jill went up the hill,
        To fetch a pail of water;
    Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
        And Jill came tumbling after.

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Nursery Rhyme. CXXIII. Scholastic.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCVI. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCIX. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXL. Natural History.

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