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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
 
 

The illustration comes from Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose (1881).

Alternatives to "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" are:

"Mistress, Mary, Quite Contrary" &
"Mrs. Mary, Quite Contrary".

Alternatives for "And pretty maids all in a row" are:

"And so my garden grows" &
"And cowslips all of a row." - This version is in Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose (1881).

 
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