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"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance but, its origins and meaning are disputed.
The most common modern version is:
- Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
- How does your garden grow?
- With silver bells, and cockle shells,
- And pretty maids all in a row.
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“Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” illustration from The National Nursery Book, ca. 1870.
“Mistress Mary,” illustration by F. A. Fraser from National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs, 1872.