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DICKY DILVER, by                    
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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