RECREATION. 



xix 



THE TRUTH ABOUT BO-PEEP. 



O, little Bo-Peep, she lost her sheep, 

 And didn't know where to find em; 



Oh, leave 'em alone, and they'll come 

 home, 

 And bring their tails behind 'em. 



Now, if little Bo-Peep had watched her 

 sheep, 

 She wouldn't have had to rue it; 

 Alas, what a shame! that a maid with a 

 name 

 So pretty as this could do it. 



But little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, ' 

 And that is the truth of the matter; 



So all of the sheep of little Bo-Peep 

 Concluded that they would scatter. 



So little Bo-Peep lay down in the deep 

 Rich grass, and the blossomed clover; 



While the wind in the trees, and the hum 

 of the bees, 

 Sang a lullaby over and over. 



Said little Bo-Peep, "I will only sleep 



The tiniest little minute;" 

 But a wee little head, on a clover bed, 



Has lots of queer notions in it. 



For little Bo-Peep went fast asleep, 

 And that is the truth of the matter; 



And she slept away the livelong day, 

 Till the dog came barking at her. 



Then little Bo-Peep commenced to weep 

 For her sheep — but she couldn't find 

 'em. 

 "Oh, leave 'em alone and they'll come 

 home," 

 Said the wind, "with their tails behind 

 'em." 



So little Bo-Peep saw her lambkins leap 

 Again over the waving heather; 



And they stood by the door of the fold 

 once more, 

 All huddled up close together. 



Alas ! Bo-Peep, from your pretty sheep, 



That a wink or two could sever, 

 She had let 'em alone and they had come 

 home. 

 But they had no tails whatever. 



— C. M. S. 



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Lens: ifapid Rectilinear. 



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