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Mamma and Nurse went out one day	A
And left Pauline alone at play	A
Around the room she gayly sprang	B
Clapp'd her hands and danced and sang	B
Now on the table close at hand	C
A box of matches chanced to stand	C
And kind Mamma and Nurse had told her	D
That if she touched them they would scold her	D
But Pauline said Oh what a pity	E
For when they burn it is so pretty	E
They crackle so and spit and flame	F
And Mamma often burns the same	F
I'll only light a match or two	G
As I have often seen my mother do	G
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When Minz and Maunz the cats heard this	H
They said Oh naughty naughty Miss	H
Me ow they cried Me ow me o	I
You'll burn to death if you do so	I
Mamma forbids it don't you know	I
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But Pauline would not take advice	J
She lit a match it was so nice	J
It crackled so it burned so clear	K
Exactly like the picture here	L
She jumped for joy and ran about	M
And was too pleased to put it out	M
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When Minz and Maunz the cats saw this	H
They said Oh naughty naughty Miss	H
And rais'd their paws	N
And stretch'd their claws	N
'Tis very very wrong you know	I
Me ow me o me ow me o	I
You will be burnt if you do so	I
Mamma forbids it don't you know	I
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Now see oh see a dreadful thing	O
The fire has caught her apron string	O
Her apron burns her arms her hair	P
She burns all over everywhere	P
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Then how the pussy cats did mew	G
What else poor pussies could they do	G
They screamed for help 'twas all in vain	Q
So then they said We'll scream again	R
Make haste make haste Me ow me o	I
She'll burn to death we told her so	I
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Pauline was burnt with all her clothes	S
And arms and hands and eyes and nose	T
Till she had nothing more to lose	U
Except her little scarlet shoes	U
And nothing else but these was found	V
Among her ashes on the ground	V
And when the good cats sat beside	W
The smoking ashes how they cried	W
Me ow me o Me ow me oo	I
What will Mamma and Nursey do	G
Their tears ran down their cheeks so fast	X
They made a little pond at last	X

Heinrich Hoffmann

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