Part 7 (2/2)

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HOT-CROSS Buns!

Hot-cross Buns!

One a penny, two a penny, Hot-cross Buns!

Hot-cross Buns!

Hot-cross Buns!

If ye have no daughters, Give them to your sons.

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THREE blind mice, see how they run!

They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife; Did you ever see such fools in your life?

Three blind mice.

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YOU shall have an apple, You shall have a plum, You shall have a rattle-basket, When your dad comes home.

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THERE was a frog liv'd in a well, 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 farce[2] mouse in a mill; c.o.c.k 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, c.o.c.k me cary, &c.

He rode till he came to my Lady Mouse hall, Kitty alone, &c; He rode till he came to my Lady Mouse hall, And there he did both knock and call; c.o.c.k me cary, &c.

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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;”

c.o.c.k 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;”

c.o.c.k 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?”

c.o.c.k 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;”

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