Bad Luck.
Girl eating from a pan
A little Brittany maidWho never wore gowns of silk,Sat down all aloneOn a great round stone,With a nice bowl of bread and milk.A pert little magpie came,His saucy respects to pay.“Good luck!” cried the maid,Not a bit afraid“I shall have good luck all the day!”Then ere she had ceased to laugh,For she was a merry soul,She looked again,And saw very plainTwo magpies perched on her bowl!The maiden began to cry“Alas! and alack-a-day!’Tis surely a signBad luck will be mine!Bad luck”!—and she ran away.
A little Brittany maidWho never wore gowns of silk,Sat down all aloneOn a great round stone,With a nice bowl of bread and milk.A pert little magpie came,His saucy respects to pay.“Good luck!” cried the maid,Not a bit afraid“I shall have good luck all the day!”Then ere she had ceased to laugh,For she was a merry soul,She looked again,And saw very plainTwo magpies perched on her bowl!The maiden began to cry“Alas! and alack-a-day!’Tis surely a signBad luck will be mine!Bad luck”!—and she ran away.
A little Brittany maidWho never wore gowns of silk,Sat down all aloneOn a great round stone,With a nice bowl of bread and milk.
A little Brittany maid
Who never wore gowns of silk,
Sat down all alone
On a great round stone,
With a nice bowl of bread and milk.
A pert little magpie came,His saucy respects to pay.“Good luck!” cried the maid,Not a bit afraid“I shall have good luck all the day!”
A pert little magpie came,
His saucy respects to pay.
“Good luck!” cried the maid,
Not a bit afraid
“I shall have good luck all the day!”
Then ere she had ceased to laugh,For she was a merry soul,She looked again,And saw very plainTwo magpies perched on her bowl!
Then ere she had ceased to laugh,
For she was a merry soul,
She looked again,
And saw very plain
Two magpies perched on her bowl!
The maiden began to cry“Alas! and alack-a-day!’Tis surely a signBad luck will be mine!Bad luck”!—and she ran away.
The maiden began to cry
“Alas! and alack-a-day!
’Tis surely a sign
Bad luck will be mine!
Bad luck”!—and she ran away.