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55 "Sisters and brothers, little maid,

"How many may you be?"

"How many? seven in all," she said,

And wondering looked at me.

"And where are they, I pray you tell?"

She answered, "Seven are we,

"And two of us at Conway dwell,

"And two are gone to sea.

"Two of us in the church-yard lie,

"My sister and my brother,

"And in the church-yard cottage, I

"Dwell near them with my mother."

"You say that two at Conway dwell,

"And two are gone to sea,

"Yet you are seven; I pray you tell

"Sweet Maid, how this may be?"