Lucas, Edward V.: Swollen-headed William: after the German (London, 1915)

The door flew open, in he ran,
The great, long, brown-legged scissor man.
0 children, see! the tailor’s come
And caught out little Bite-his-Thumb !
Snip 1 Snap! Snip! the scissors go,
And William cries out “ Oh I Oh ! Oh ! ”
Snip! Snap! Snip ! they go so fast,
And both his thumbs are oft at last.
Europa smiles as William stands
And looks so sad and shows his hands,
“ Ha, Ha 1 ” she says, “ I knew he’d come
To naughty little Bite-his-Thumb.”

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