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TOMMY-A-LYNN I sold my cow, and I bought me a calf, By that my bargain I lost just half. With a whing, etc.

I sold my calf, and I bought me a cat, And in the chimney corner the pretty thing sat. With a whing, etc.

I sold my cat, and I bought me a mouse, Set fire to her tail, and she burnt down my house. With a whing, etc.

I sold my mouse, and I bought me a wife, She cut my throat with an old rusty knife. With a whing, etc.

IX. TOMMY-A-LYNN

Tommy-a-Lynn was a Dutchman born, His head was bald and his chin was shorn. He wore a cap made of a grey hare's skin, O a rare old man was Tommy-a-Lynn. All to my tooth, and laugh a long-lee. Tommy's a Ranter and a Rover, Tommy's a bone of my Stover, Brew, screw, Rivet and tin, O a rare old man was Tommy-a-Lynn.