miss mary mack

miss mary mack, mack, mack,
all dressed in black, black, black,
with silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
all down her back, back, back
she asked her mother, mother, mother,
for fifty cents, cents, cents,
to see the elephant, elephant, elephant.
jump over the fence, fence, fence.
he jumped so high, high, high,
he reached the sky, sky, sky,
and he never came back, back, back,
‘till the end of july, ‘ly, ‘ly.

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