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NURSERY RHYMES.

 

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Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,

Five gold rings,

Four colly birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle-doves, and

A partridge in a pear-tree.

The eighth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five gold rings,

Four colly birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle-doves, and

A partridge in a pear-tree.

The ninth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,

Five gold rings,

Four colly birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle-doves, and

A partridge in a pear-tree,