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 The bridle and saddle he laid on the shelf, He-haw; haw-hum! If you want any more, you may sing it yourself, He-haw; haw-hum!

XLVI. LITTLE BO-PEEP

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Let 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 woke, she found it a joke, For they were still a-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 their tails behind them.

It happened one day, as she did stray Into a meadow hard by; There she espied their tails side by side, All hung on a bush to dry.