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THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN I bought a little poodle dog, A pretty dog was he, Where'er I went, 'twas his intent To run and follow me. His tail it was but ten yards long, His ears but five feet wide, And round the world in half a day Upon him I might ride.

I bought myself a coal-black hen, Of her I took much care, I set her on a mussel shell And out she hatched a hare. The hare she grew at such a pace, She soon was ten hands high. Come—if you know a better joke, I'm very sure you lie. Fal-de-liddle-li-do Fal-de-liddle-iddle-dee.

III. THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN

There were three jovial Welshmen, They would go hunt a fox. They swore they saw sly Reynard, Run over yonder rocks,