Nursery Rhyme. CLXIV. Songs.

    There were two birds sat on a stone,
        Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
    One flew away, and then there was one,
        Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
    The other flew after, and then there was none,
        Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
    And so the poor stone was left all alone,
        Fa, la, la, la, lal, de!

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                How a long time ago,
                    Two poor little children,
                Whose names I don't know,
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    And left in a wood, as I've heard people say.

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