There was a little man, and he had a little wife,
And he loved her as much as he loved his life;
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Mash a row dow dow dow diddle all the day,
Mash a row dow dow dow diddle all the day.

One hour in the night, his wife grew sick,
And all that she wanted was a little crab fish;
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So up he arose and put on his clothes,
And down to the seaside he followed his nose;
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“O fisherman. O fisherman, can you tell me
Have you a little crabfish you could sell to me?"
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“O yes, O yes. I have one two and three,
And the best of them I will sell to thee.”
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So he caught him and bought him and put him in a dish,
And he said “Oh wife, put your nose to this.”
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Then his wife just to smell him popped up from her clothes,
And the crabfish popped up and grabbed her by the nose;
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“Oh help, dear husband; come hither, do you hear?”
But the crabfish had already grabbed him by the ear;
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And so my friends, if for a crabfish you thirst;
Please try to remember to cook him first…
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