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Did You Know?
T his is the farmer sowing his corn This popular rhyme was first
printed over 250 years ago,
but some people think that it
That kept the cock that crowed in the morn
even 500 years old! It used to
That waked the priest all shaven and shorn is even older than that – maybe
House That Jack Built”.
That married the man all tattered and torn be called “The History of the
That kissed the maiden all forlorn
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
That tossed the dog that worried the cat
That killed the rat that ate the malt…
That lay in the house that Jack built!
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