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The only true Mother Goose melodies : an exact reproduction of the text and illustrations of the original edition published and copyrighted in Boston in the year 1833 by Munroe & Francis ; (1905)

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 · Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. · leaf 31

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The man in the moon came down too soonTo inquire the way to Norridge; The man in the south, he burnt his mouthWith eating cold plum porridge. 18 … When I was a little boy, I lived by myself,And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon a shelf;The rats and the mice, they made such a strife,I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife.The streets were so broad, and the lanes were so narrow,I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow…

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