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... GREEN ! Mirandy ; Mi - ran - dy ! come on wi ' dat switch ! Well , stealin ' a g - r - e - e - n water - million ! who ever heered tell er des sich ? Cain't tell w'en dey's ripe ? W'y , you thump ' um , en w'en dey go pank dey is green ...
... GREEN ! Mirandy ; Mi - ran - dy ! come on wi ' dat switch ! Well , stealin ' a g - r - e - e - n water - million ! who ever heered tell er des sich ? Cain't tell w'en dey's ripe ? W'y , you thump ' um , en w'en dey go pank dey is green ...
Page 863
... green , and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . II They sailed away in a sieve , they did , In a sieve they sailed so fast , With only a beautiful pea - green veil Tied with a ribbon by way of a sail , To a small ...
... green , and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . II They sailed away in a sieve , they did , In a sieve they sailed so fast , With only a beautiful pea - green veil Tied with a ribbon by way of a sail , To a small ...
Page 864
... green sail In the shade of the mountains brown . " Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green , and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . V They sailed to the Western Sea ...
... green sail In the shade of the mountains brown . " Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green , and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . V They sailed to the Western Sea ...
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