Mother Goose

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THERE was an old woman, as I've heard tell,
She went to market her eggs for to sell; She went to market all on a market day, And she fell asleep on the king's highway.
There came by a pedlar whose name was
Stout, He cut her petticoats all round about; He cut her petticoats up to the knees, Which made the old woman to shiver and
freeze.
When this little woman first did wake, \i She began to shiver and she began to shake • S| She began to wonder and she began to cry, "Lauk a mercy on me, this is none of I!
"But if it be I, as I do hope it be,
I've a little dog at home, and he'll know
me; If it be I, he'll wag his little tail, And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and
wail."
Home went the little woman all in the dark, Up got the little dog, and he began to bark; He began to bark, so she began to cry, "Lauk a mercy on me, this is none of I!"
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