 Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring 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...  St. Nicholas - Page 867edited by - 1913Full view - About this book
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...a joke, For still they all were fleeting. in. Then up she took her little crook, And forth she went to find them ; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left their tails behind them." The songs we have given as sung by Mr. Hickson's young performers... | |
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