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Davy Davy Dumpling, Boil him in the pot; Sugar him and butter him, And eat him while he's hot. |
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Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see what Tommy can buy; A penny white loaf, A penny white cake, And a two-penny apple pie. |
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Fee, fie, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman: Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. |
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Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben, He ate more meat than fourscore men; He ate a cow, he ate a calf, He ate a butcher and a half, He ate a church, he ate a steeple, He ate a priest and all the people! A cow and a calf, An ox and a half, A church and a steeple, And all the good people, And yet he complained that his stomach wasn't full. |
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Mr. East gave a feast; Mr. North laid the cloth; Mr. West did his best; Mr. South burnt his mouth With eating a cold potato. |
What's in the cupboard? Says Mr. Hubbard. A knuckle of veal, Says Mr. Beal. Is that all? Says Mr. Ball. And enough too, Says Mr. Glue; And away they all flew. |

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Hannah Bantry, In the pantry, Gnawing a mutton bone; How she gnawed it, How she clawed it, When she found herself alone. |
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Three little ghostesses Sitting on postesses, Eating buttered toastesses, Greasing their fistesses Up to their wristesses. Oh, what beastesses To make such feastesses! |