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To the Lord Mayor he took him, and told all Tom's

art,

How he made people dance with a sorrowful heart; Begg'd he'd send him abroad, and there teach to dance

All the men and the women and children of France.

Says Tom, "I am willing to go into France;
Only give me my pipe, and I'll give them a dance :"
They gave him his pipe-be began for to play,
And the Farmer and Mayor they went dancing away.

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Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny;" Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed I have not any."

Simple Simon went a-fishing
For to catch a whale;
All the water he had got
Was in his mother's pail.

Simple Simon went to look
If plums grew on a thistle;
He prick'd his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.

Then Simple Simon went a-hunting, For to catch a hare;

He rode on a goat about the street, But could not find one there.

He went to catch a dicky-bird,
And thought he could not fail,
Because he'd got a little salt
To put upon its tail.

Simon made a great snow-ball,
And brought it in to roast;
He laid it down before the fire,
And soon the ball was lost.

And Simon he would honey eat
Out of the mustard-pot;

He bit his tongue until he cried—
That was all the good he got.

He went to ride a spotted cow,
That had got a little calf;

She threw him down upon the ground,
And made all the people laugh.

He went to shoot a wild duck,
But wild duck flew away;

Says Simple Simon, "I can't hit him,

Because he will not stay."

He went for water in a sieve,

But soon it all run through; And now poor Simple Simon Bids you all adieu.

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