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 "There's Jill and White Cat" (said the bold little brat,
 * With his loud, "Ha, ha!")
 * "'Oo sly ickle pa!

Wiz 'oo Beauty, Bo Peep, and 'oo Mrs. Jack Sprat!
 * I've noticed 'oo pat
 * My pretty White Cat—

I sink dear mamma ought to know about dat!"



He early determined to marry and wive,
 * For better or worse
 * With his elderly nurse—

Which the poor little boy didn't live to contrive;
 * His health didn't thrive—
 * No longer alive,

He died an enfeebled old dotard at five!