Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLI. Love And Matrimony.

    Willy, Willy Wilkin,
    Kissed the maids a-milking,
                                        Fa, la, la!
    And with his merry daffing,
    He set them all a laughing.
                                        Ha, ha, ha!

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Nursery Rhyme. CXLI. Songs.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCLXXI. Paradoxes.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXII. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLVIII. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXCIV. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXXVIII. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXVIII. Love And Matrimony.

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        Higgledy piggledy, niggledy, niggledy,
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