Nursery Rhyme. DVIII. Natural History.

    As I went over the water,
    The water went over me.
    I saw two little blackbirds sitting on a tree:
    The one called me a rascal,
    The other called me a thief;
    I took up my little black stick,
    And knocked out all their teeth.

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        Goosey, goosey, gander,
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Nursery Rhyme. DXCI. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXXII. Natural History.

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    Come hop, hop, hop;
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    And was going to the window,
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