Grandmother Grundy — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics
O Grandmother Grundy,
Now what would you say
If the katydids carried
Your glasses away?
Carried them off
To the top of the sky
And used them to watch
The eclipses go by?
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- The lyrics to Grandmother Grundy are: O Grandmother Grundy, / Now what would you say / If the katydids carried / Your glasses away? / Carried them off / To the top of the sky ... Read the full 8-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
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- "Grandmother Grundy" has 8 lines of verse.
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