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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BABES IN THE WOOD (5), by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "my dear, do you know"
Last Line: And won't you remember / the babes in the wood?
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: "my dear, do you know"
Last Line: And won't you remember / the babes in the wood?
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
MY dear, do you know
How a long time ago,
Two poor little children,
Whose names I don't know,
Were stolen away
On a fine summer's day,
And left in a wood,
As I've heard people say.
And when it was night,
So sad was their plight,
The sun it went down
And the moon gave no light!
They sobb'd and they sigh'd,
And they bitterly cried,
And the poor little things,
They laid down and died.
And when they were dead,
The robins so red
Brought strawberry leaves,
And over them spread;
And all the day long,
They sang them this song—
Poor babes in the wood!
Poor babes in the wood!
And don't you remember
The babes in the wood?
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