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Cradle songs (1882)

Babyland. [from old catalog] · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 73

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t is plainThat nobody knows, nobody knows, NOBODY KNOWS. Over the fields and awayFly the crows, the crows, the crows ;They caw, they caw, but they sayWhat nobody knows, nobody knows. — E. B. THE LOST CHICKENS. Cluck, cluck ! cluck, cluck ! calledthe mother-hen,Some harm has come to mychickens, I… … all safe and sound. We must hurry back to our mothersside, THE LOST CHICKENS, She is calling us now with a voiceof grief. Then away to her side they ranagain, Leaving the dainty drink they had found; Cluck, cluck ! cluck, cluck ! said the mother-hen, Here are my ten, all safe and sound. —M. K N. H.…

Nursery rhymes

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