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GIFT FOR THE QUEEN by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "PRETTY MAID, PRETTY MAID / WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
Last Line: AS BIG AS MY SHOE

PRETTY maid, pretty maid,
Where have you been?
Gathering roses
To give to the Queen.
Pretty maid, pretty maid,
What gave she you?
She gave me a diamond,
As big as my shoe.





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