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274 MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES.
Then might all people well discern
The bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side,
As hath been said or sung.
The dogs did bark, the children screamed,
Up flew the windows all ; And every soul cried out, " Well done!"
As loud as he could bawl.
Away went Gilpin—who but he ? His fame soon spread around : " He carries weight! he rides a race! 'T is for a thousand pound !"
And still as fast as he drew near,
'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men
Their gates wide open threw.
And now, as he went bowing down
His reeking head full low, The bottles twain behind his back
Were shattered at a blow. |
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