Cock-A-Doodle-Do

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Cock-A-Doodle-Do by Mother Goose

Oh, my pretty cock, oh, my handsome cock,
  I pray you, do not crow before day,
And your comb shall be made of the very beaten gold,
  And your wings of the silver so gray.

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