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Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King’s horses
And all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Owen Moore went away,
Owing more than he could pay.
Owen Moore came back next day,
Owing more.

A man in the wilderness, he asked me,
How many strawberries grow in the sea?
I answered him, as I thought good,
As many red herrings as swim in the wood.

Mother, may I go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter.
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb
And don’t get near the water.

There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile;
He found a crooked sixpence
Against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all live together
In a little crooked house.

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again.

Hector Protector was dress all in green;
Hector Protector was sent to the Queen.
The Queen did not like him,
No more did the King;
So Hector Protector was sent back again.

Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
If the bowl had been stronger,
My tail would have been longer.