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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXVI. Love And Matrimony.

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Where have you been to-day, Billy, my son?         Where have you been to-day, my only man!         I've been a-wooing, mother; make my bed soon,         For I'm sick at heart, and fain would lay down.         What have you ate to-day, Billy, my son?         What have you ate to-day, my only man?         I've ate an eel-pie, mother; make my bed soon,         For I'm sick at heart, and shall die before noon!

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