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There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.
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There Was a Little Girl
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Often misquoted as "When she was good/She was very, very good"

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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