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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOP-SCOTCH, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: All day I play at hop-scotch
Last Line: Hopping and hopping there!
Subject(s): Children; Girls; Childhood
First Line: All day I play at hop-scotch
Last Line: Hopping and hopping there!
Subject(s): Children; Girls; Childhood
ALL day I play at Hop-Scotch
And hop and hop and hop,
And when I go to bed at night
I dream I cannot stop,
And all the world and everything
Is one big hop-scotch square,
With just one tired little girl
Hopping and hopping there!
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