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KINGS AND QUEENS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: FIRST WILLIAM THE NORMAN / THEN WILLIAM HIS SON
Last Line: ALL OF US LOVE HER

FIRST William the Norman,
Then William his son;
Henry, Stephen, and Henry,
Then Richard and John;
Next Henry the third,
Edwards, one, two, and three,
And again after Richard
Three Henrys we see.
Two Edwards, third Richard,
If rightly I guess;
Two Henrys, sixth Edward,
Queen Mary, Queen Bess.
Then Jamie the Scotchman,
Then Charles whom they slew,
Yet received after Cromwell
Another Charles too.

Next James the second
Ascended the throne;
Then good William and Mary
Together came on.
Till Anne, Georges four,
And fourth William all past,
Came the reign of Victoria,
Which longest did last.
Then Edward the Peacemaker,
He was her son,
And the fifth of the Georges
Was next in the run;
Edward the Eighth
Gave the crown to his brother,
Now God's sent Elizabeth:
All of us love her.





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