"As I was going to St. Ives...," by Mother Goose

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"As I was going to St. Ives..."
by Mother Goose

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

(One.)

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