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The
House That Jack Built
From
The Real Mother Goose
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This
is the house that Jack built.
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This
is the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the dog,
That
worried the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the cow with the crumpled horn,
That
tossed the dog,
That
worried the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the maiden all forlorn,
That
milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That
tossed the dog,
That
worried the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the man all tattered and torn,
That
kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That
milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That
tossed the dog,
That
worried the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the priest all shaven and shorn,
That
married the man all tattered and torn,
That
kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That
milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That
tossed the dog,
That
worried the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This
is the cock that crowed in the morn,
That
waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
That
married the man all tattered and torn,
That
kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That
milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That
tossed the dog,
That
worried the cat,
That
chased the rat,
That
ate the malt
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
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This is the farmer sowing the
corn,
That kept the cock that crowed in
the morn.
That waked the priest all shaven
and shorn,
That married the man all tattered
and torn,
That kissed the maiden all
forlorn,
That milked the cow with the
crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That chased the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack
built.
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