ours--
Bright buttercups and cuckoo flowers.

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Up you go, shuttlecocks, ever so high!
Why come you down again, shuttlecocks--why?
When you have got so far, why do you fall?
Where all are high, which is highest of all?

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Tommy was a silly boy,
"I can fly," he said;
He started off, but very soon,
He tumbled on his head.

His little sister Prue was there,
To see how he would do it;
She knew that, after all his boast,
Full dearly Tom would rue it!

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Higgledy, piggledy! see how they run!
Hopperty, popperty! what is the fun?
Has the sun or the moon tumbled into the sea?
What is the matter, now? Pray tell it me!

Higgledy, piggledy! how can I tell?
Hopperty, popperty! hark to the bell!
The rats and the mice even scamper away;
Who can say what may not happen to-day?

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Which is the way to Somewhere Town?
Oh, up in the morning early;
Over the tiles and the chimney-pots,
That is the way, quite clearly.

And which is the door to Somewhere Town?
Oh, up in the morning early;
The round red sun is the door to go through,
That is the way, quite clearly.

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The boat sails away, like a bird on the wing,
And the little boys dance on the sands in a ring.
The wind may fall, or the wind may rise--
You are foolish to go; you will stay if you're wise.
The little boys dance, and the little girls run:
If it's bad to have money, it's worse to have none.

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Pipe thee high, and pipe thee low,
Let the little feet go faster;
Blow your penny trumpet--blow!
Well done, little master!

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Polly's, Peg's, and Poppety's
Mamma was kind and good:
She gave them each, one happy day,
A little scarf and hood.

A bonnet for each girl she bought,
To shield them from the sun;
They wore them in the snow and rain,
And thought it mighty fun.

But sometimes there were naughty boys,
Who called to them at play,
And made this rude remark--"My eye!
Three Grannies out to-day!"

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Bowl away! bowl away!
Fast as you can;
He who can fastest bowl,
He is my man!

Up and down, round about,--
Don't let it fall;
Ten times, or twenty times,
Beat, beat them all!

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"For what a