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The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

by Walter Jerrold

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Early Rising

HE that would thrive,
Must rise at five;
He that hath thriven,
May lie till seven;
And he that by the plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive.

The Tailors and the Snail

Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail,
The best man amongst them durst not touch her tail;
She put out her horns like a little Kyloe cow,
Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all e’en now.

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