LITTLE BO-PEEP
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone,
and they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke,
she found it a joke,
For still they all were fleeting.
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke,
she found it a joke,
For still they all were fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed,
but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left all their tails behind them!
Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed,
but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left all their tails behind them!
It happened one day,
as Bo-peep did stray
Unto a meadow hard by--
There she espied
their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
as Bo-peep did stray
Unto a meadow hard by--
There she espied
their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks she raced;
And tried what she could,
as a shepherdess should,
That each tail should be
properly placed.
And over the hillocks she raced;
And tried what she could,
as a shepherdess should,
That each tail should be
properly placed.
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