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Over in the Meadow

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"Over in the Meadow" is a popular counting rhyme written by Olive A. Wadsworth (pen name of Katherine Floyd Dana[1]) in 1870.[2] Many variations on the original wording exist. It has also been set to music, and has been used as the text of numerous picture books.

Sample verse

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Over in the meadow,
In the sand in the sun
Lived an old mother toadie
And her little toadie one.
"Wink!" said the mother;
"I wink!" said the one,
So they winked and they blinked
In the sand in the sun.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Olive A. Wadsworth". allpoetry.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Wadsworth, Olive A. (1870). Kit, Fan, Tot, and the rest of them. Boston: American Tract Society. pp. 189–192. Retrieved 2010-03-29.