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According to the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, the first verse of Ring A Ring Of Roses is:

Ring-a-ring o' roses,

A pocket full of posies,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down.

In the United States, this is usually altered to:

Ring around the rosie,

A pocket full of posies,

Ashes, ashes,

We all fall down.

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes cites what it describes a 'a sequel' which was popular in the 1940s:

The cows are in the meadow

Lying fast asleep

A-tishoo! Atishoo!

We all get up again.

Wikipedia gives several examples of other verses (see Related Link below) but it is more common to simply repeat the first verse.

Children in Australia sing a second verse which goes:

The cows are in the meadow

Eating lots of grass,

When our mother calls us

We all jump up

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