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He slipped his hand and ran away!
He hadn't gone a yard when--Bang!
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I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
Her sheep follow'd her, as their tails did them.
(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)
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Naughty Paughty Jack-a-Dandy,
Stole a Piece of Sugar Candy
From the Grocer's Shoppy-Shop,
And away did hoppy-hop.
'Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare,
'You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.'
He thought he saw an Argument
That proved he was the Pope:
He looked again, and found it was
A Bar of Mottled Soap.
He thought he saw an Elephant,
That practiced on a fife:
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There lived a sage in days of yore,
And he a handsome pigtail wore;
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The nonsense that charms is close to sense.
Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity.
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