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NURSERY RHYMES.

DCLXX.

IF all the seas were one sea,

What a great sea that would be!
And if all the trees were one tree,
What a great tree that would be!
And if all the axes were one axe,
What a great axe that would be!
And if all the men were one man,
What a great man he would be!
And if the great man took the great axe,
And cut down the great tree,

And let it fall into the great sea,
What a splish-splash ¢hat would be!

DCLXXI.

THE barber shaved the mason,
As I suppose
Cut off his nose,

And popped it in a basin.

DCLXXII.

CoME, let’s to bed,
Says Sleepy-head ;
Tarry awhile, says Slow;
Put on the pot,
Says Greedy-gut,
Let’s sup before we go.