Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
the title and first line of a traditional nursery rhyme, sometimes set to music. The full poem is:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle-shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

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