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The owl and the pussy-cat
2023-12-06The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat.They took some honey, and plenty of moneyWrapped up in a five-pound note.The Owl lo...
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THIS BE THE VERSE
2023-12-06They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad.They may not mean to, but they do.They fill you with the faults they hadAnd add some extra, just for you.But they w...
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Warning !
2023-12-06When I am an old woman I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summ...
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Jenny kissed me
2023-12-06Jenny kiss'd me when we met,Jumping from the chair she sat in;Time, you thief, who loves to getSweets into your list, put that in!Say I'm wear...
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Leisure
2023-12-06What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or cows.No time to...
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THE TUMMY BEAST
2023-12-06One afternoon I said to mummy,"Who is this person in my tummy?"He must be small and very thin"Or how could he have gotten in?"My m...
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Bloody men !
2023-12-06Bloody men are like bloody busesYou wait for about a yearAnd as soon as one approaches your stopTwo or three others appear.You look at them flashing t...
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The Rolling English Road
2023-12-06Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.A reeling road, a rolling road, that r...
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Jabberwocky
2023-12-06'Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.'Beware the Jabber...
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Home-Thoughts, from Abroad
2023-12-06Oh, to be in England Now that April's there,And whoever wakes in EnglandSees, some morning, unaware,That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf...