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far from the British Museum there stands
 * An apple stall, painted bright green,

Whence a penny may buy from the stall-keeper’s hands
 * Three apples, all rosy and clean.

Now the girls of St. George’s great Charity School
 * Very often are passing that way,

For their governors wise make this very good rule—
 * They must go for a walk every day.

How wistful the glances they cast as they pass,
 * How they long for an apple to eat;

But their pockets are quite without pennies, alas!
 * To purchase so dainty a treat.

These maidens have cheeks that are rosy and sweet
 * As the choicest of fruit on the stall,

And the very next time that we meet in this street,
 * I’ll buy apples enough for them all.