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Page 80
Here comes Pharaoh and his snakes a - calling . Here comes Cain and his wife a - calling . Shadrach , Meshach and Abednego for tea . Here comes Jonah and the whale , And the Sea ! Here comes St Peter and his fishing pole .
Here comes Pharaoh and his snakes a - calling . Here comes Cain and his wife a - calling . Shadrach , Meshach and Abednego for tea . Here comes Jonah and the whale , And the Sea ! Here comes St Peter and his fishing pole .
Page 186
I have not seen you such an age ( The wretch has come to dinner ! ) ' Your daughters , too , what loves of girls What heads for painters ' easels ! Come here and kiss the infant , dears ,( And give it p'rhaps the measles ! ) ...
I have not seen you such an age ( The wretch has come to dinner ! ) ' Your daughters , too , what loves of girls What heads for painters ' easels ! Come here and kiss the infant , dears ,( And give it p'rhaps the measles ! ) ...
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Come give us a dance on the bar ! ' And Billy would dance on the bar . Lily , she was a girl what had brains in her head ; She wouldn't have nothink , no not that much said . If it come to an argument , or a dispute , She'd settle it ...
Come give us a dance on the bar ! ' And Billy would dance on the bar . Lily , she was a girl what had brains in her head ; She wouldn't have nothink , no not that much said . If it come to an argument , or a dispute , She'd settle it ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Everyman Book of Light Verse |
| Editor | Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | Dent, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 0460045873, 9780460045872 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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