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[This should be accompanied by a kind of pantomimic dance, in which the motions of the body and arms express the process of weaving; the motion of the shuttle, & c.]         Weave the diaper tick-a-tick tick,         Weave the diaper tick -         Come this way, come that         As close as a mat,         Athwart and across, up and down, round about,         And forwards, and backwards, and inside, and out;         Weave the diaper thick-a-thick thick,         Weave the diaper thick!

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