"Little General Monck Sat upon a trunk, Eating a crust of bread; There fell a hot coal And burnt in his clothes a hole, Now little General Monck is dead."

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Military leaders from EnglandCommander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom)
Original Language: English

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Nursery rhyme; The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd ed. 1997), pp365-6

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Nursery rhyme; The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd ed. 1997), pp365-6