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LITTLE MARY DRANK SOME WATER/
NOW SHE IS NO MORE./FOR WHAT SHE TOOK FOR H2O WAS H2SO4

Submitter comment: SHE GAVE ME THIS LITTLE DITTY, QUITE A POPULAR WAY TO
REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; FUNCTION ; WATER AND SULPHURIC ACID

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR