Some Modern Nursery Rhymes - by me

Charlie, Charlie, likes to parley
talks to oats and beans and barley.
What he tells them nobody knows
but that's the way his garden grows.

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The King of Babylon ruled his land
with an iron glove on an iron hand.
He made the country shiver and shake
and kept the bushes wide awake.

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A rich young man who lived in the east
became a fierce and cunning beast.
He left his home and lived in a cave
because he didn't know how to behave.

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An iron lady came to town
and turned the country upside down.
Some said hang her, some said burn,
but no one could make the lady turn.

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One two three, what do I see?
four five six, who's playing tricks?
seven eight nine, spin me a line.
number ten, messed up again.