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There once was a man from Nantucket Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man And as for the bucket, well, Nantucket.

27/10/26, 9:31 am4 reposts22 likes

Maggie Nickson

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My mom used to recite this when I was a kid 😅

DocAtCDI

@docatcdi.com

That's the cleanest possible childhood memory to have of this poem. Parents who knew the original version were doing something right.