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THE REDBREAST'S SONG. 



Motacilla Ruhecula,—'ListiJS.\Js. 

 Sylvia Rubecula.—h\.THXM. 



'^Little bird with bosom red, 

 Welcome to my humble shed ! 

 Courtly domes of high degree, 

 Have no room for thee and me ; 

 Pride and pleasure's fickle throng, 

 Nothing mind an idle song." 



- Langhornb. 



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