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On January first,
The old lady likes to go a sightseeing most.
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On February second,
The old lady likes a piece of candy it is reckoned.
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On March the third,
The old lady likes a Canton pipe I have heard.
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On April fourth,
The old lady likes bony fish from the north.
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The fifth of May,
The old lady likes sweet potatoes every day.
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The sixth of June,
The old lady eats fat pork with a spoon.
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The seventh of July,
The old lady likes to eat a fat chicken pie.
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On August eight,
The old lady likes to see the lotus flowers straight.
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September nine,
The old lady likes to drink good hot wine.
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October ten,
The old lady, you and I, may meet I hope again.
This we afterwards discovered is very widely known throughout the north of China.
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