<Dd> Fly away Peter! Fly away Paul! </Dd> <Dd> Come back Peter! Come back Paul! </Dd> <P> The rhyme was first recorded when published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765 . In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill: </P> <Dl> <Dd> There were two blackbirds <Dl> <Dd> Sat upon a hill, </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dd> The one was nam'd Jack, <Dl> <Dd> The other nam'd Gill; </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dd> Fly away Jack, <Dl> <Dd> Fly away Gill, </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dd> Come again Jack, <Dl> <Dd> Come again Gill . </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl>

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