I sent him to the cellar to draw a pot of beer,

He came up again and said there was none there.

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The cat sat asleep by the side of the fire,

The mistress snored loud as a pig:

Jack took up his fiddle, by Jenny's desire,

And struck up a bit of a jig.

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I had a little hobby-horse, and it was well shod,