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DICKIE, DICKIE DEXTER

Dickie, Dickie Dexter

Had a wife and vexed her.

She put him in a rabbit cage

And fed him peppermint and sage —

Dickie, Dickie Dexter.

[NOTES] This rhyme is funny. It makes children laugh. In English when someone does something wrong, we say they are in the dog house. We tell them to leave the house and go sleep with the dogs. Then they know they are bad. In this rhyme Dickie's wife makes him sleep with the rabbits. He is bad.

dickie dexter—name of the husband

to vex—to make angry

peppermint and sage—herbs to eat