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A Message to Mother Goose. By Ellen Manly
Once on a time there lived a child-so it was told to me—
Who never heard of Mother Goose and her fine family.
The man who lived up in the moon he saw her with his eyes,
And told the shocking story to the Man so Wondrous Wise,
Who said the proper thing to do in such a case would be
To send the dreadful news at once to good old Mother G.

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