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   One bright day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came to kill the two dead boys.

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   On one bright day in the middle of the night Two dead boys got up to fight Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other The blind man came to see fair play The mute man came to shout hooray The deaf policeman heard the noise And came to stop those two dead boys He lived on the corner in the middle of the block

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   May 11, 2011 · Folk Narrative Two Dead Boys. One bright morning late at night. Two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. Drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise. And came and shot the two dead boys.

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   Oct 26, 2013 · One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. They stood back to back and faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed those two dead boys.

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   “One fine day in the middle of the night, The Thames caught alight.” With regard to a totally different version, Jim Brannigan, brought up in Scotland, remembered: “One fine day in the middle of the night, Two dead men got up to fight, One had a fiddle, One had a drum, And one had a pancake stuck to his bum, Back to back they faced each ...

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   One bright day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and ran to save the two dead boys. And if you don't believe it's true, go ask the blind man, he saw it too

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   Is one fine day in the middle of the night a nonsense rhyme?

   • Although the Two Dead Boys poem (“One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night”) is often referred to as a nonsense rhyme, the description is not strictly accurate. It is clearly understandable in any of its many forms and versions and the impossibilities in the story are no more than sensible words and phrases that have been transposed.

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   What happened on a bright day in the middle of the night?

   • On one bright day in the middle of the night Two dead boys got up to fight Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other The blind man came to see fair play The mute man came to shout hooray The deaf policeman heard the noise And came to stop those two dead boys He lived on the corner in the middle of the block

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   How did two dead boys get up to fight?

   • Two dead boys got up to fight Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other The blind man came to see fair play The mute man came to shout hooray The deaf policeman heard the noise And came to stop those two dead boys He lived on the corner in the middle of the block In a two story house on a vacant lot

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   Did a deaf policeman kill the two Dead Boys?

   • Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came to kill the two dead boys. If you don't believe this lie is true, ask the blind man he saw it too. Now come next Wednesday on good Friday, there's a father's meating for mothers only.

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   What are some variations of One Fine Day in the middle of the night?

   • As with any poem or song that’s been around for a few generations, there are numerous variations to the poem One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night. The version of the poem Paul and I remember obviously deviates from the beginning line-where we said “one bright day in the middle of the night” the original started the line with “one fine day.”

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   What happened to the two Dead Boys in line 14?

   • 14. And what happened to the two dead boys in line 14 remained pretty much the same with most readers, although in one instance the were arrested and not shot (or killed) and in another they were referred to as the “twice dead boys”. “The old deaf cop that heard the noise”, noted above,

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   “Late one night in the middle of the day, Two dead soldiers got up to fight.” The first lines of these last two variants were reversed by a third reader who had it linked with the second line as in variant one.