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OU shall have an apple,

You

You shall have a rattle-basket,

When your dad comes home.

'HERE was a frog liv'd in a well

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Kitty alone, Kitty alone;

There was a frog liv'd in a well,
Kitty alone, and I!

There was a frog liv'd in a well,
And a farce1 mouse in a mill;

Cock me cary, Kitty alone,
Kitty alone and I.

This frog he would a-wooing ride,

Kitty alone, &c. ;

This frog he would a-wooing ride,

And on a snail he got astride,

Cock me cary, &c.

1 Merry.

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Quoth he, "Miss Mouse, I'm come to thee," Kitty alone, &c.;

Quoth he, "Miss Mouse, I'm come to thee,

To see if thou canst fancy me;"

Cock me cary, &c.

Quoth she, "Answer I'll give you none,"

Kitty alone, &c. ;

Quoth she, "Answer I'll give you none,

Until my uncle Rat come home;"
Cock me cary, &c.

And when her uncle Rat came home,

Kitty alone, &c.;

And when her uncle Rat came home,

"Who's been here since I've been gone?"

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Cock me cary, &c.

Sir, there's been a worthy gentleman,"
Kitty alone, &c.;

"Sir, there's been a worthy gentleman,
That's been here since you've been gone;"

Cock me cary, &c.

The frog he came whistling through the brook, Kitty alone, &c.

The frog he came whistling through the brook, And there he met with a dainty duck,

Cock me cary, &c.

This duck she swallow'd him up with a pluck, Kitty alone, Kitty alone;

This duck she swallow'd him up with a pluck,
So there's an end of my history book.

Cock me cary, Kitty alone,
Kitty alone and I.

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