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AN OLD SONG BY NEW SINGERS: 'MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB': 4. ANDREW LANG by A. C. WILKIE

First Line: A WONDERFUL LASS WAS MARIE, PETITE
Last Line: WHITE AS SNOW!
Subject(s): LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912);

RONDEAU

A wonderful lass was Marie, petite,
And she looked full fair and passing sweet --
And, oh! she owned -- but cannot you guess
What pet can a maiden so love and caress
As a tiny lamb with a plaintive bleat
And mud upon his dainty feet
And a gentle veally odour of meat,
And a fleece to finger and kiss and press --
White as snow?

Wherever she wandered, in lane or street,
As she sauntered on, there at her feet
She would find that lambkin -- bless
The dear! -- treading on her dainty dress,
Her dainty dress, fresh and neat --
White as snow!



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