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"Make a song, father, a new little song,
All for Jenny and Nancy."
Balow lalow or Hey derry down, / Or else what might you fancy?
Is there any song sweet enough / For Nancy and for Jenny? / Said Simple Simon to the pieman, / "Indeed I know not any."
"I've counted the miles to Babylon, / I've flown the earth like a bird, / I've ridden cock-horse to Banbury Cross, / But no such song have I heard."
"Some speak of Alexander, / And some of Hercules, / But where are there any like Nancy and Jenny, / Where are there any like these?"