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FRENCH NURSERY RHYMES.
RATAPLAN.
Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan!
Forward, forward, forward!
Wooden soldiers, leaden soldiers,
Will soon deserve a different name.
Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan!
Forward, forward, forward!
Rataplan, rataplan, rataplan!
Forward, forward, forward!
When I blow upon my trumpet,
Let everyone form a line!
Rataplan, —plan, —plan!
Forward, —'ward, —'ward!
TO PARIS, TO PARIS, TO PARIS.
To Paris, to Paris, to Paris,
On a little grey horse;
To Rouen, to Rouen, to Rouen,
On a little white horse;
At a walk, walk, walk—at a trot, trot, trot—
At a gallop, at a gallop, at a gallop.
