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THE FOOLISH BOY A little fish swims in the well, So in my heart does baby dwell. A little flower blows on the tree, My baby is the flower to me. And it's O! etc.

The Queen has sceptre, crown, and ball, You are my sceptre, crown, and all. For all her robes of royal silk, More fair your skin, as white as milk. And it's O! etc.

Ten thousand parks where deer run, Ten thousand roses in the sun, Ten thousand pearls beneath the sea, My baby more precious is to me. And it's O! sweet, sweet! and a lullaby!

VIII. THE FOOLISH BOY

My father died, and I can't tell y' how, He left me six horses to follow the plough. With a whing, whing, waddle, O! With a string, strang, straddle, O! Blossy boys! Babble, O! under the Broom.

I sold my six horses, and bought me a cow, I'm going to get money, but I can't tell how. With a whing, etc.