Bow-wow-wow.

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Pease-porridge hot,
Pease-porridge cold,
Pease-porridge in the pot
Nine days old.
Spell me _that_ in four letters.
I will.
T-H-A-T.

Ring the bell!
Knock at the door!
Lift up the latch!
And walk in!

Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub;
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker;
Turn 'em out, knaves all three!

Please to remember
The Fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason, and plot;
I know no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

My maid Mary she minds the dairy,
While I go a-hoeing and mowing each morn;
Gaily run the reel and the little spinning wheel,
While I am singing and mowing my corn.

Poor Dog Bright
Ran off with all his might,
Because the cat was after him--
Poor Dog Bright!

Poor Cat Fright
Ran off with all her might,
Because the dog was after her--
Poor Cat Fright!

All of a row,
Bend the bow,
Shot at a pigeon,
And killed a crow.

The cock doth crow,
To let you know,
If you be well,
'Tis time to rise.

The dove says, "Coo, coo, what shall I do?
I can scarce maintain two."
"Pooh! pooh!" says the wren; "I have got ten,
And keep them all like gentlemen."

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This little pig went to market.
This little pig stayed home.
This little pig had roast meat.
This little pig had none.
This little pig went to the barn door
And cried week, week, for more.

The King of France went up the hill
With twenty thousand men;
The King of France came down the hill,
And ne'er went up again.

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Little boy blue, come blow your horn;
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?
He's under the hay-cock, fast a-sleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I;
For if I do, he'll be sure to cry.

See saw, Margery Daw,
Jenny shall have a new master;
She shall have but a penny a-day,
Because she can't work any faster.

A duck and a drake,
And a halfpenny cake,
With a penny to pay the old baker.
A hop and a scotch
Is another notch,
Slitherum, slatherum, take her.

Here stands a post,--
Who put it there?
A better man than you:
Touch it if you dare?

I'll tell you a story,
About John-a-Nory:
And now my story's be