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Page's Geese[30]
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Stand Back Black Man[7]

Don't Sing Before Breakfast[43]

From: NURSERY RHYME SECTION

Don't sing out 'fore Breakfast,
Don't sing 'fore you eat,
Or you'll cry out 'fore midnight,
You'll cry 'fore you sleep.

[43] A superstition.





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