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Once on a time a lad I knew -- / His sister called him Bubby; / His cheeks were red, his eyes were blue, / And he was plump and chubby. / Indeed, he was so stout a boy, / Some called him Roly Poly Roy; / They called him that / For he was fat / And very plump and chubby.
He caused his father grief profound, / And made his mother worry, / Because he'd roll along the ground / When he was in a hurry. / For as he couldn't see his toes, / He often tumbled on his nose; / So, on the whole, / 'Twas best to roll / When he was in a hurry.