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Eventually, that whole wall's gonna come a'tumblin' down.
Archive 2006-12-10 Sinfonian 2006
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Eventually, that whole wall's gonna come a'tumblin' down.
New Jersey strikes another blow for equality Sinfonian 2006
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It didn't matter my droppin 'Tom in the trench an' tumblin 'after him.
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Alice [Illustrator] Carsey 1887
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Rumblin 'tumblin' roun 'about, crowin' like a cock,
Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library 1884
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Please do not blow this opportunity like George Bush did 'way back in' 01 when the towers came a'tumblin 'down.
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Den I hugs him up tight in my arms, an 'locks him up tight in my legs, an' 'way down de steep hill, rollin', rumblin ', an' tumblin 'we go -- fus' nigger on top, den Injun '-- ober an' ober, fas'er an 'fas'er.
Burl Morrison Heady 1872
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a bead on him fine, then show the smoke, and young squire squirrel comin 'tumblin' down head over heels lumpus ', to see whether the ground was as hard as dead squirrels said it was.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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a bead on him fine, then show the smoke, and young squire squirrel comin 'tumblin' down head over heels lumpus ', to see whether the ground was as hard as dead squirrels said it was.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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The nephew describes how the water “kums tumblin along az iph the divil kikt it.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The nephew describes how the water “kums tumblin along az iph the divil kikt it.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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