Anonymous English Poems

High diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jump'd over the moon;
The little dog laugh'd
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Bah, bah, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry have I,
Three bags full;
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Dickery, dickery dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
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You mustn't groom an Arab with a file.
You hadn't ought to tension-spring a mule.
You couldn't push a brumby fifty mile
And drop him in a boiler-shed to cool.
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Hush-a-by Baby
On the tree top,
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock;
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Jack and Gill
Went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down
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What did I do, sonny, in the Great World War?
Well, I learned to peel potatoes and to scrub the barrack floor.
I learned to push a barrow and I learned to swing a pick,
I learned to turn my toes out, and to make my eyeballs click.
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I KNOW my Love by his way of walking,
And I know my love by his way of talking,
And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue,
And if my Love leaves me, what will I do?
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