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The
Saucy Sea Horse
A Sea Horse
and a Saw Horse
Saw a see-saw
one day;
Said the Sea
Horse to the Saw Horse,
"See here,
Saw Horse, say,
Can you see-saw
with a Sea Horse?"
"Saucy Sea
Horse," said the Saw Horse,
"To see-saw
with a Sea Horse
For me is
only play."
Then the Sea
Horse and the Saw Horse
Climbed the
sea-saw with pride.
Both the Sea
Horse and the Saw Horse
Were determined
to ride,
So the see-saw
saw the Sea Horse,
And the Sea
Horse saw the Saw Horse,
And see-sawed
Saw and Sea Horse,
One perched
upon each side.
So the Sea
Horse and the Saw Horse
First "seed"
and then "sawed"
Both Sea Horse
and
Saw Horse
On the long
see-saw board,
Till the Saw
Horse said, "Sea Horse,
A see-sawing
Saw Horse
And a saucier
Sea Horse
Have never
see-sawed!"
From
the 1919 edition of "The Young Folks Treasury"
Seahorse
image © Simon
Chandler
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