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Up And-Down.

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The sun is gone down         And the moon's in the sky     But the sun will come up         And the moon be laid by.     The flower is asleep.         But it is not dead,     When the morning shines         It will lift its head.     When winter comes         It will die! No, no,     It will only hide         From the frost and snow.     Sure is the summer,         Sure is the sun;     The night and the winter         Away they run.

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