We can find comfort in the fact that this rhyme would not be written in the English speaking world today!
That's Jack!
That's Jack!
Lay a stick to his back.
What has he done?
I cannot say.
We'll find out to-morrow,
And beat him to-day.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This nursery rhyme can be found in Nursery Rhymes (circa 1920) illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser (with some graphical editing of the above image by Lisa Yannucci).
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