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THE LITTLE BIRD by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: MY DEAR DADDIE BOUGHT A MANSION
Last Line: WEE SMALL BIRD. AND THAT WAS ME.
Subject(s): HOME;
My dear Daddie bought a mansion
For to bring my Mammie to,
In a hat with a long feather,
And a trailing gown of blue;
And a company of fiddlers
And a rout of maids and men
Danced the clock round to the morning,
In a gay house-warming then.
And when all the guests were gone -- and
All was still as still can be,
In from the dark ivy hopped a
Wee small bird. And that was Me.



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