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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 98 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: I CAUGHT A LITTLE LADYBIRD
Last Line: AND CANNOT CHANGE TO GREY.

I CAUGHT a little ladybird
That flies far away;
I caught a little lady wife
That is both staid and gay.

Come back, my scarlet ladybird,
Back from far away;
I weary of my dolly wife,
My wife that cannot play.

She's such a senseless wooden thing
She stares the livelong day;
Her wig of gold is stiff and cold
And cannot change to grey.



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