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Georgie Porgie

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Georgie Porgie
kissed the girls and made them cry. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 185]
See : Mischievousness
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And Georgie Porgie, who is alluded to in the title of the volume of poetry under review here, was a Duke caught in a sex scandal at the time of Charles II (he "kissed the girls and made them cry," then ran away "when the boys came out to play").
Karma, Dharma, Pudding Pie by Klassel, Barry / The Humanist
When the girls came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away.
Taking a gander at Mother Goose by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
WE have some more updated nursery rhymes, these from reader Stuart Hughes: Georgie Porgie pudding and pie Kissed the girls and made them cry But Georgie had crossed the indecency border And got served with an anti-social behaviour order.
off the Record by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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