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There was a man, and he had naught
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
There was a man, and he had naught,
And robbers came to rob him;
He crept up to the chimney pot,
And then they thought they had him.
But he got down on t'other side,
And then they could not find him;
He ran fourteen miles in fifteen days,
And never look'd behind him.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Tales.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a man, and he had naught.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/52/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a man, and he had naught.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/52/.
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