Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 128
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 thingShe stares the livelong day ; Her wig of gold is stiff… … All the bells were ringingAnd all the birds were singing,When Molly sat down crying For her broken doll : O you silly Moll !Sobbing and sighing For a broken doll,When all the bells are ringing,And all the birds are singing. 107
Nursery rhymes
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