History & Politics
Jim and George were two great lords
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
History & Politics
Jim and George were two great lords,
They fought all in a churn;
And when that Jim got George by the nose,
Then George began to gern.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Historical. [The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.]
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