Nursery Rhyme. DLXIV. Natural History.

    There was a little boy went into a barn,
        And lay down on some hay;
    An owl came out and flew about,
        And the little boy ran away.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXXI. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXXCIX. Relics.

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Cows

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXIX. Natural History.

    Little boy blue, come blow up your horn,
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Nursery Rhyme. DXXXII. Natural History.

    Once I saw a little bird,
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Nursery Rhyme. DLXVI. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXV. Natural History.

    Snail, snail, shut out your horns;
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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXIII. Natural History.

    See, saw, Margery Daw,
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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXV. Natural History.

    Bah, bah, black sheep,
        Have you any wool?
    Yes, marry, have I,
        Three bags full:
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        And one for my dame,
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