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Jack and Jill

By Mother Goose
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
With vinegar and brown paper.

Source: The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000)
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