Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLVII. Love And Matrimony.

    There was a little boy and a little girl
    Lived in an alley;
    Says the little boy to the little girl,
    "Shall I, oh! shall I?"

    Says the little girl to the little boy,
    "What shall we do?"
    Says the little boy to the little girl,
    "I will kiss you."

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXXXVI. Jingles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCLXXIII. Gaffers And Gammers.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCLII. Gaffers And Gammers.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXXXIX. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXIII. Love And Matrimony.

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    Thomas and Annis met in the dark.
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