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Crickets on a Strike

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The foolish queen of fairyland      From her milk-white throne in a lily-bell,      Gave command to her cricket-band      To play for her when the dew-drops fell.      But the cold dew spoiled their instruments      And they play for the foolish queen no more.      Instead those sturdy malcontents      Play sharps and flats in my kitchen floor.

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