Nursery Rhyme. DCXIV. Relics.

    What are little boys made of, made of,
    What are little boys made of?
    Snaps and snails, and puppy-dog's tails;
    And that's what little boys are made of, made of.
    What are little girls made of, made of, made of,
    What are little girls made of?
    Sugar and spice, and all that's nice;
    And that's what little girls are made of, made of.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXX. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXXIII. Love And Matrimony. [Cumberland courtship.]

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Nursery Rhyme. CXLII. Songs.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXVIII. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. DCXVII. Relics.

    Girls and boys, come out to play,
    The moon doth shine as bright as day;
    Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,
    And come with your playfellows into the street.
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    Come with a good will or not at all.
    Up the ladder and down the wall,
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Nursery Rhyme. DCXX. Relics.

    Little girl, little girl, where have you been?
    Gathering roses to give to the queen.
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    She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe.

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Nursery Rhyme. DCXL. Relics.

    Peg, peg, with a wooden leg,
        Her father was a miller:
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        And said he could not kill her.

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    Little boy, pretty boy, where was you born?
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Nursery Rhyme. DCLI. Relics.

    Around the green gravel the grass grows green,
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Nursery Rhyme. DCXXXII. Relics.

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    And I can weave diaper thin,
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