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Or madly squeeze a right - hand foot Into a left - hand shoe , Or if I drop upon my toe A very heavy weight , I weep , for it reminds me so Of that old man I used to knowWhose look was mild , whose speech was slow , Whose hair was ...
Or madly squeeze a right - hand foot Into a left - hand shoe , Or if I drop upon my toe A very heavy weight , I weep , for it reminds me so Of that old man I used to knowWhose look was mild , whose speech was slow , Whose hair was ...
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The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand : They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand : ' If this were only cleared away , ' They said , ' it would be grand ! ' ' If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for ...
The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand : They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand : ' If this were only cleared away , ' They said , ' it would be grand ! ' ' If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for ...
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A stark naked drummer came walking along With his hands in his bosom a - beating his drum . Sat down on a hot and cold frozen stone , Ten thousand stood round me and I was alone . Took my heart in my hand to keep my head warm .
A stark naked drummer came walking along With his hands in his bosom a - beating his drum . Sat down on a hot and cold frozen stone , Ten thousand stood round me and I was alone . Took my heart in my hand to keep my head warm .
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| Title | A Choice of Comic and Curious Verse |
| Editor | John Michael Cohen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713914718, 9780713914719 |
| Length | 469 pages |
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