Cherry bob! cherry bob!
There’s a bob for you.
Tom bobs a cherry
For gaping snapping Hugh,
While curly-pated Nelly
Snaps at it too.
Look, look, look –
Oh what a sight to see!
The wind is playing cherry bob
With the cherry tree.
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