Nature
Johnny Armstrong kill'd a calf
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Nature
Johnny Armstrong kill'd a calf,
Peter Henderson got the half;
Willy Wilkinson got the head,
Ring the bell, the calf is dead!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History.
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