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| Moses supposes
his toesies are roses,
But Moses supposes erroneously, For nobody's toesies are posies of roses, As Moses supposes his toesies to be. |
A bitter biting bittern bit a better
brother bittern,
And the bitten better bittern bit the bitter biter back. And the bitter bittern, bitten by the better bitten bittern, Said, "I'm a bitter bittern biter bit by a better bittern a bit." |
| The witch of Wibbleton and the
witch of Wobbleton
were watching each other whirl around the Wibbleton and Wobbleton watchtowers. |
Men munch much mush, and women munch
much mush.
Do men munch more mush or do women munch more mush? Many men and women must munch much mush. |
| See the snow-white swan --Swan swam over
the sea,
Swim, swan, swim --Swan swam back o'er the sea, Well swam, swan -- Well swam over the sea. |
Eight great gray geese gazing and grazing,
Gazing and grazing were eight great gray geese. Gazing and grazing gaily in Greece. |
| Ninety-nine nuns ran ninety-nine miles through ninety-nine towns in ninety-nine nightgowns. |
— from
Children's Counting-Out Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope
(McFarland Pub.) 1983 by Gloria T. Delamarand Bounce-Ball Chants and Other Rhythms |