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HICKETY, PICKETY, MY BLACK HEN. 231
. Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen ;
Gentlemen come every day
Ill tell you a story,
About John-a-Nory :
And now my story’s begun.
I 11 tell you another,
About Jack and his brother:
And now my story’s done.