Chapter 8 of 247 · 71 words · ~1 min read

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[Another version. The nurse sings the first line, and repeats it, time after time, until the expectant little one asks, what next? Then comes the climax.]

The king of France, the king of France, with forty thousand men, Oh, they all went up the hill, and so--came back again!

At the siege of Belle-isle I was there all the while, All the while, all the while, At the siege of Belle-isle.