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- ; File: NURSERY3.DAT
- ; Typing practice file to accompany QUICTYPE.EXE - Quic-Type PC
- ; by Matthew J. W. Ratcliff
- ; Any line which begins with a semicolon (;) is a comment and
- ; is ignored by the read routine of the program. (A typing practice
- ; string is allowed to have embedded semicolons however.)
- ;
- ; Practice typing strings are as follows. Up to 40 lines of 80
- ; column strings are allowed.
- ;
- ; Below is the third nursery rhyme practice file.
- ; The rhymes are easily memorized. After a bit of
- ; practice you'll be able to BELT these little stories
- ; out very rapidly. The rythm of the rhymes will help you
- ; build a rythm to your typing as well, so that thoughts
- ; flow through your fingers to the keys smoothly and accurately.
- ;
- ; Banbury Cross
- ;
- Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross,
- to see a fine lady upon a white horse.
- Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes,
- she shall have music wherever she goes.
- ;
- ; There Was An Old Woman
- ;
- There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
- She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
- She gave them some broth without any bread.
- She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
- ;
- ; Little Bo Peep
- ;
- Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,
- and can't tell where to find them.
- Leave them alone and they'll come home,
- and bring their tails behind them.
- ;
- ; Where Has My Little Dog Gone
- ;
- Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?
- Oh where, oh where can he be?
- With his ears cut short, and his tail cut long,
- oh where, oh where can he be?
- ;
- ; Mary Quite Contary
- ;
- Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
- how does your garden grow?
- With silver bells, and cockleshells,
- and pretty maids all in a row.
- ;
- ; Jack Be Nimble
- ;
- Jack be nimble, jack be quick,
- Jack jump over the candlestick.
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