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 is Covent Garden
 * What a lively scene!

Here are flowers so pretty,
 * There are leaves so green.

These are busy buyers,
 * Busy sellers those,

Selling, buying, selling,
 * Everything that grows.

Fruits and lovely blossoms
 * Hither come each day

Fresh from other gardens
 * Many miles away.

Cabbages potatoes,
 * Pears and apples too,

Grapes, and pines, and peaches,
 * All are here on view.

So the air is scented
 * With the pleasant fruits,

With the bright-hued nosegays
 * And the springing roots.

For the little street-boys
 * Walking up and down,

It's almost like the country
 * Brought to London Town.