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The nursery rhyme book (1897)

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 · London : Frederick Warne and Co. · leaf 258

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get home to-night. But the fire would not. She went a little farther, and she met some water.So she said— Water, water, quench fire !Fire wont burn stick;Stick wont beat dog ;Dog wont bite pig ;Pig wont get over the stile,And 1 shant get home to-night. But the water would not. She went a little… … THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG The Nursery Rhyme Book 257 But the ox would not. She went a little farther, and she met a butcher.So she said— Butcher, butcher, kill ox !Ox wont drink water;Water wont quench fire ;Fire wont burn stick;Stick wont beat dog;Dog wont bite pig ;Pig wont get over the stile,And…

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