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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 12, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: A city plum is not a plum
Last Line: A captain's log is not a log.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): A City Plum


A city plum is not a plum;
A dumb-bell is no bell, though dumb;
A party rat is not a rat;
A sailor's cat is not a cat;
A soldier's frog is not a frog;
A captain's log is not a log.





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