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Tom shall have a new bonnet
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
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Tom shall have a new bonnet,
With blue ribbands to tie on it,
With a hush-a-bye and a lull-a-baby,
Who so like to Tommy's daddy?
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Halliwell's class: Lullabies.
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