The Sea gull and the Kite — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

A Sea-gull, who was more at home swimming on the sea than walking on the land, was in the habit of catching live fish for its food. One day, having bolted down too large a fish, it burst its deep gullet-bag, and lay down on the shore to die. A Kite, seeing him, and thinking him a land bird like itself, exclaimed: "You richly deserve your fate; for a bird of the air has no business to seek its food from the sea."
Every man should be content to mind his own business.

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What are the words to The Sea gull and the Kite?
The lyrics to The Sea gull and the Kite are: A Sea-gull, who was more at home swimming on the sea than walking on the land, was in the habit of catching live fish for its food. One day, having bolted down too large a fish, it burst its deep gullet-bag, and lay down on the shore to die. A Kite, seeing him, and thinking him a land bird like itself, exclaimed: "You richly deserve your fate; for a bird of the air has no business to seek its food from the sea." / Every man should be content to mind his own business.
How many lines does The Sea gull and the Kite have?
"The Sea gull and the Kite" has 2 lines of verse.

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