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1849–1917

THE FUNNY OCTOPUS

Ruth McEnery Stuart

A jolly old octopus lived in the sea, With a hey-diddle hi-diddle dum; And the funniest sort of a fellow was he, This jolly old octopus under the sea,

With a mouth where the top of his head ought to be, To swallow the divers that come — This jolly old octopus under the sea, With a hey-diddle hi-diddle dum.

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