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THERE WAS A FROG SWUM IN THE LAKE, by                    
Last Line: If any do it is not I
Subject(s): Animals;frogs;lakes; Pools;ponds


THERE was a frog swum in the lake,
The crab came crawling by;
'Wilt thou', quoth the frog, 'be my mate?'
Quoth the crab, 'No, not I.'

'My skin is smooth and dappled fine,
I can leap far and high,
Thy shell is hard: so is not mine.'
Quoth the crab, 'No, not I.'

Then spake the crab, 'Tell me, therefore,
Or else I thee defy!'
'Give me thy claw, I ask no more.'
Quoth the frog, 'That will I.'

The crab bit off the frog's fore-feet:
The frog now he must die!
To woo a crab it is not meet:
If any do, it is not I.





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