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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

Part 1 — "WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND"

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When good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a goodly king; He stole three pecks of barley meal, To make a bag-pudding.

A bag-pudding the queen did make, And stuffed it well with plums: And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs.

The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried.

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