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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,
Wagging their tails behind them."
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Aditional
verses
"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 her to find them;
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left their tails behind them. |
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It happened
one day, as Bo peep did stray
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved
a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling,
And tried what she could, as a sheperdess should,
To tack each again to its lambkin." |
Another
version
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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,
Wagging 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 still they all were 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 them ! |
It
happened one day,
as Bo-peep did stray
Unto a meadow hard by -
There she espied
their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved
a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks she raced;
And tried what she could,
as a shepherdess should,
That each tail should be
properly placed." |
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"The
exact origin of this nursery rhyme is uncertain. Some attribute
it to depression era, while others claim it predates that time,
possibly to the Victorian era. At least one bookmark from Victorian
era is illustrated with Little Bo Peep, so the origin may be
even earlier than the Victorian era."
The morale
of the words and lyrics is that one must take responsibility
or face the consequences. |
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