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Ring of roses, a
pocketful of posies. Sneeze
twice - we all fall down.
Humpty Dumpty fell,
gravity and entropy
irreversible.
Ride to Banbury
to see a lady amidst
jewels and music.
Hickory: mouse runs
up; dickory: clock strikes one,
mouse runs back down. Dock.
Diddle dumpling, my
son John went to bed half dressed:
hangover, perhaps?
Hey, cat fiddles as
cow jumps over moon; dog laughs,
dish absconds with spoon.
Jack Sprat ate no fat,
his wife no lean: the ideal
clean plate partnership.
Rock-a-bye baby
in treetop cradle risks a
drop if the bough breaks.
Pease pudding hot, cold,
in the pot nine days old, or
however you like.
Put it in, take it
out, repeat twice, shake, turn: that's
the Hokey Cokey.
Climbing a hill to
fetch water (oddly), Jill fell
after concussed Jack.
The Duke of York led
ten thousand men up, down, and
neither up nor down.
Twinkle little star,
high and gemlike, inspiring
ignorant wonder.
My beloved cat
is warm-furred, and we have a
non-aggression pact.
Pat a cake, Baker,
quick, for Baby and me, pricked,
oven-baked, marked `B'.
Going to St Ives
I met a crowd coming the
other way. So what?
Pig-stealing Tom was
beaten: no real justice from
the pig's point of view.
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