Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.
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Ririro is the in-house editorial team at Ririro.com, dedicated to bringing classic nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and short stories to readers of all ages in a free, accessible online format. Tweedledum and Tweedledee is one of the most recognisable English nursery rhymes, later immortalised by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871), though the rhyme itself predates Carroll's work by well over a century.
