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CCLXXIV.
OVER the water,
And under the water,
And always with its head down.
A nail in the bottom of a ship.

   
  
 
  
 

CCLXXV.

ELIZABETH, Elspeth, Betsy and
Bess,

They all went together to seek
a bird’s nest.

They found a bird’s nest with

~ five eggs in,

i, They all took one, and left four

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|| EVERY lady in this land

Has twenty nails upon each
hand,

Five and twenty hands and
feet:

All this is true without deceit.

 

 

 

 

 

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CCLXXVI.

CCLXXVIL
LONG legs, crooked thighs,

Little head, and no eyes.
Pair of tongs.