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MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Then might all people well discern
The bottles he had slung ;
A bottle swinging at each side,
As hath heen said or sung.
The dogs did bark, the children screamed,
Up flew the windows all ;
And every soul cried out, “ Well done!”
As loud as he could bawl.
Away went Gilpin—who but he?
His fame soon spread around :
“ He carries weight! he rides a race!
"Tis for a thousand pound!”
And still as fast as he drew near,
"I was wonderful to view
How in a trice the turnpike-men
Their gates wide open threw.
And now, as he went bowing down
His reeking head full low,
The bottles twain behind his back
Were shattered at a blow.