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 'Oh no!' said the sparrow, 'that never will do! He fluttered his wings and away he flew.

LXVIII. THE GOOSE AND GANDER

The goose and the gander walked over the green; The goose walked bare-footed for fear of being seen; Not for fear of being seen, but of wetting her toes; And the man that drinks strong beer hath a jolly red nose.

The blacksmith is black, but his silver is white, And he sits in the ale-house from morning till night. Tang-dillo, tang-dillo, tang-dillo, tang-dillo, And happy is the man that sits under the willow.

LXIX. AIKEN DRUM

There was a man lived in the moon, And his name was Aiken Drum. And he played upon a ladle, And his name was Aiken Drum.