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SAVONAROLA BROWN, SELECTION by HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM

First Line: WHEN PEARS HANG GREEN ON THE GARDEN WALL
Last Line: WITH A YEA [ETC.]
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);
When pears hang green on the garden wall
With a nid, and a nod, and a niddy-niddy-o,
Then prank you, lads and lasses all,
With a yea and a nay and a niddy-o.

But when the thrush flies out o' the frost
With a nid, [@3etc.@1]
'Tis time for loons to count the cost,
With a yea [@3etc.@1]



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