Nature
Leg over leg
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Nature
Leg over leg,
As the dog went to Dover;
When he came to a stile,
Jump he went over.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History.
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