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T:The Swapping Song
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W:When I was a little boy I lived by myself
W:And all the bread and cheese I got I laid it on the shelf
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W:To my wing-wong waddle, to my Jack Straw saddle,
W:To my jolly fair faddle, to my long way home!
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W:Well, the rats and the mice, they led me such a life
W:That I had to go to London for to get myself a wife
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W:The roads were so rocky and the lanes were so narrow
W:That I had to bring her home in an old wheelbarrow
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W:My foot slipped and I got me such a fall,
W:Down came wheelbarrow, little wife and all
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W:I swapped my wheelbarrow and I got me a horse
W:Then I rode home from cross to cross
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W:I swapped my horse and I got me a mule
W:Then I rode home like a doggone fool
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W:I swapped my mule, I got me a cow
W:And in that trade I learned just how
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W:I swapped my cow and I got me a calf
W:And I ever got a bargain, I just just half
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W:I swapped my calf and I got me a sheep
W:Then I rode till I fell asleep
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W:I swapped my sheep and I got me a hen
W:Oh! what a pretty thing I had then!
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W:I swapped my hen and I got me a rat
W:I sat it on a haystack to keep it from the cat
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W:I swapped my rat, I got me a mouse
W:Its tail caught afire and burned our little house
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W:I swapped my mouse, I got me a mole
W:And the dog-gone thing went straight to the hole!
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