What are Little Boys Made of?

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What are Little Boys Made of? is a popular nursery rhyme:

What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails, and puppy dog tails,[1]
That's what little boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice, and everything nice,[2]
That's what little girls are made of.

David Bowie uses a modified line from this in the song "Magic Dance" from the Labyrinth soundtrack.

Slime and snails or puppy dog's tails

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ In the original Mother Goose printed in 1916, the phrase was "Snaps and snails, and puppy dog tails". In the UK, the phrase is more commonly said to be"Slugs and snails, and puppy dogs' tails". \
  2. ^ Or "Sugar and spice, and all things nice"

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