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DICKY DILVER by ANONYMOUS

First Line: LITTLE DICKY DILVER / HAD A WIFE OF SILVER
Last Line: SO HE THREW HER IN THE RIVER

LITTLE Dicky Dilver
Had a wife of silver;
He took a stick and broke her back
And sold her to the miller;
The miller wouldn't have her
So he threw her in the river.



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