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New York CityMarch 2, 1967
The Lady That Loved a Swine
There was a lady loved a swine, "Honey!" quoth she; "Pig-hog, wilt thou be mine?" "Hoogh!" quoth he. "I'll build thee a silver sty, Honey!" quoth she; "And in it thou shalt lie!" "Hoogh!" quoth he. "Pinned with a silver pin, Honey!" quoth she; "That thou mayest go out and in," "Hoogh!" quoth he. "Wilt thou have me now, Honey?" quoth she; "Speak, or my heart will break," "Hoogh!" quoth he.
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
by this poet
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The man cut his throat and left his head there. The others went to get it. When they got there they put the head in a sack. Farther on the head fell out onto the ground. They put the head back in the sack. Farther on the head fell out again. Around the first sack they put a second one that was thicker. But
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There was a lady dwelt in York: Fal the dal the di do, She fell in love with her father's clerk, Down by the green wood side. She laid her hand against a stone, Fal the dal the di do, And there she made most bitter moan, Down by the green wood side. She took a knife both long and
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn,
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