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Seven Black Friars |
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Seven black friars, sitting back
to back,
Fished from the bridge for a pike or a jack. |
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The first caught a tiddler,
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The second caught a crab,
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The third caught a winkle,
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The fourth caught a dab,
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See a dab |
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The fifth caught a tadpole,
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The sixth caught an eel,
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The seventh one caught an old
cart wheel!
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Black Friar: A Catholic friar wearing the
black robe of the Dominican order .
Dab: Any of various flatfishes, related to and resembling the flounders.
Tiddler: A small fish, suchas a stickleback or minnow.
Jack: Any of several fishes, especially any of various carangidae.
Winkle: Any of several small, often edible marine snails, especially
of the genus Littorina, having thick, cone-shaped, whorled shells.
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