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The Horrid Fly

From:		Muddy Jim And Other Rhymes: 12 Illustrated Health Jingles For Children, Picture Book Edition
Creator:		Emile Berliner (author)
Date:		1919
Publisher:		Jim Publication Company, Washington, D.C.
Source:		Library of Congress



1		4. THE HORRID FLY

2		Mother, will you tell me why We are told to "swat the fly?"

3		Yes, my dear, because it brings, Dirt, disease and filthy things

4		When it walks on things we eat Germs drop from its sprawling feet

5		Little germs which mighty quick, Could, if swallowed, make us sick, (H. Franc)

6		When food's exposed to flies or dust, Then full of germs get skin and crust, Wipe them, or wash, or cook you must.