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<h3>THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.</h3>
<p class="versenumber">I.</p>
<p><span class="largecap">T</span>he Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea<br/>
<span class="i4">In a beautiful pea-green boat:</span>
They took some honey, and plenty of money<br/>
<span class="i2">Wrapped up in a five-pound note.</span>
The Owl looked up to the stars above,<br/>
<span class="i2">And sang to a small guitar,</span>
"O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,<br/>
<span class="i2">What a beautiful Pussy you are,</span>
<span class="i6">You are,</span>
<span class="i6">You are!</span>
<span class="i2">What a beautiful Pussy you are!"</span>
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<p class="versenumber">II.</p>
<p>Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,<br/>
<span class="i2">How charmingly sweet you sing!</span>
Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried:<br/>
<span class="i2">But what shall we do for a ring?"</span>
They sailed away, for a year and a day,<br/>
<span class="i2">To the land where the bong-tree grows;</span>
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,<br/>
<span class="i2">With a ring at the end of his nose,</span>
<span class="i6">His nose,</span>
<span class="i6">His nose,</span>
<span class="i2">With a ring at the end of his nose.</span></p>
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<p class="versenumber">III.</p>
<p>"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling<br/>
<span class="i2">Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."</span>
So they took it away, and were married next day<br/>
<span class="i2">By the Turkey who lives on the hill.</span></p>
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They dined on mince and slices of quince,<br/>
<span class="i2">Which they ate with a runcible spoon;</span>
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,<br/>
<span class="i2">They danced by the light of the moon,</span>
<span class="i4">The moon,</span>
<span class="i4">The moon,</span>
<span class="i2">They danced by the light of the moon.</span></p>
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