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Oh, father's gone to market-town, he was up before the day, And Jamie's after robins, and the man is making hay, And whistling down the hollow goes the boy that minds the mill, While mother from the kitchen door is calling with a will, Polly!-Polly!- The cows are in the corn! Oh, where's Polly?

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Richard Watson Gilder
Age: 65 †
Born: 1844
Born: February 8
Died: 1909
Died: November 19
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