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The Tailors And The Snail

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The Tailors And The Snail by Mother Goose

Four and Twenty tailors
    Went to kill a snail;
The best man among them
    Durst not touch her tail;
She put out her horns
    Like a little Kyloe cow.
Run, tailors, run, or
    She'll kill you all e'en now.

Form: Nursery Rhyme

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