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The Grand Old Duke of York

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The grand old Duke of York had ten thousand men — the full words, and the standing-up-and-sitting-down that goes with it.

Oh, the grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men; He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down…

Oh, the grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men; He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again.

And when they were up, they were up, And when they were down, they were down, And when they were only half-way up, They were…

And when they were up, they were up, And when they were down, they were down, And when they were only half-way up, They were neither up nor down.

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Text source: Traditional English nursery rhyme, printed from 1642 in earlier forms. Public domain. Only the afterword is ours. www.gutenberg.org

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