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Tell tale, tit!
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Arts & Sciences
Tell tale, tit!
Your tongue shall be slit,
And all the dogs in the town
Shall have a little bit.
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Halliwell's class: Scholastic.
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