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A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Nursery Rhyme)

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A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket I wrote a letter to my friend And on the way I dropped it, I dropped it, I dropped it, And on the way I dropped it. A little boy he picked it up And put it in his pocket.

Ririro is the in-house editorial team at Ririro.com, dedicated to bringing well-loved nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and short stories to readers online for free. A-Tisket, A-Tasket is one of the oldest English-language nursery rhymes, with roots tracing back to at least 1879, and was later made famous as a jazz song by Ella Fitzgerald in 1938.

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