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Nursery Rhyme. DCXVII. Relics.

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Girls and boys, come out to play,         The moon doth shine as bright as day;         Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,         And come with your playfellows into the street.         Come with a whoop, come with a call,         Come with a good will or not at all.         Up the ladder and down the wall,         A halfpenny roll will serve us all.         You find milk, and I'll find flour,         And we'll have a pudding in half an hour.

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