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 HREE dwarfs there were which lived in an isle,
 * And the name of that Isle was Lone,

And the names of the dwarfs were Alliolyle,
 * Lallerie, Muziomone.

Alliolye was green of een,
 * Lallerie light of locks,

Muziomone was mild of mien,
 * As ewes in April flocks.

Their house was small and sweet of the sea,
 * And pale as the Malmsey wine;

Their bowls were three, and their beds were three,
 * And their nightcaps white were nine.

Their beds they were made of the holly-wood.
 * Their combs of the tortoise's shell,

Three basins of silver in corners there stood,
 * And three little ewers as well.

Green rushes, green rushes lay thick on the floor,
 * For light beamed a gobbet of wax;

There were three wooden stools for whatever they wore
 * On their humpity-dumpity backs.