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Little Bo-Peep

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Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,     And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home,     And bring their tails behind them.      Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,     And dreamt she heard them bleating; But when she awoke, she found it a joke,     For they were still a-fleeting. Then up she took her little crook,     Determined for to find them; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,     For they'd left all their tails behind 'em.

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