Nursery Rhyme. DXCVIII. Local.

    There was a little nobby colt,
        His name was Nobby Gray;
    His head was made of pouce straw,
        His tail was made of hay;
            He could ramble, he could trot,
            He could carry a mustard-pot,
            Round the town of Woodstock,
            Hey, Jenny, hey!

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Nursery Rhyme. DCX. Local.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXCVIII. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXVII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DCIX. Local.

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        And Sandy on a sow,
    Riding away to Galloway,
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Nursery Rhyme. DXLI. Natural History.

            Shoe the colt,
            Shoe the colt,
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