“Old King Cole”
A nursery rhyme. Its first stanza reads:
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
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Words nearby “Old King Cole”
Old Iranian, Old Irish, Old Ironsides, oldish, Old Italian, “Old King Cole”, Old Kingdom, old lady, Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, Old Latin, old-line
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