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Cross patch,

Draw the latch,

Sit by the fire and spin:

Take a cup

And drink it up,

Then call the neighbours in.

You know that Monday is Sunday’s brother;

Tuesday is such another;

Wednesday you must go to church and pray;

Thursday is half-holiday;

On Friday it is too late to begin to spin,

And Saturday is half-holiday again.

The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins;

And next the crab, the lion shines,

The virgin and the scales,

The scorpion, archer, and the goat.

The man who holds the watering-pot;

And fish with glittering scales.