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Peacock Pie

by Walter de la Mare

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The Huntsmen

Three jolly gentlemen,
     In coats of red,
  Rode their horses
     Up to bed.

Three jolly gentlemen
     Snored till morn,
  Their horses champing
     The golden corn.

Three jolly gentlemen,
     At break of day,
  Came clitter-clatter down the stairs
  And galloped away.

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