The Gnat and the Bull — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

A Gnat that had been buzzing about the head of a Bull, at length settling himself down upon his horn, begged his pardon for incommoding him; "but if," says he, "my weight at all inconveniences you, pray say so, and I will be off in a moment." "Oh, never trouble your head about that," says the Bull, "for 'tis all one to me whether you go or stay; and, to say the truth, I did not know you were there."
The smaller the Mind the greater the Conceit.

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What are the words to The Gnat and the Bull?
The lyrics to The Gnat and the Bull are: A Gnat that had been buzzing about the head of a Bull, at length settling himself down upon his horn, begged his pardon for incommoding him; "but if," says he, "my weight at all inconveniences you, pray say so, and I will be off in a moment." "Oh, never trouble your head about that," says the Bull, "for 'tis all one to me whether you go or stay; and, to say the truth, I did not know you were there." / The smaller the Mind the greater the Conceit.
How many lines does The Gnat and the Bull have?
"The Gnat and the Bull" has 2 lines of verse.

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