CHOCOLATE DROP.
There lived beside a certain seaA humpy, dumpy, brown ba-bee,Whose length and breadth were just the same,And what is more, this ba-bee's nameWas Chocolate Drop.This humpy, dumpy, brown ba-beeHad a Mamma as brown as she,Who thought no ba-bee, dark or light,Was ever half so sweet and brightAs Chocolate Drop.They say (as strange as it may seem)That she was made of country cream,And rolled in something brown and sweet,Which made this ba-bee so completeA Chocolate Drop.
There lived beside a certain seaA humpy, dumpy, brown ba-bee,Whose length and breadth were just the same,And what is more, this ba-bee's nameWas Chocolate Drop.This humpy, dumpy, brown ba-beeHad a Mamma as brown as she,Who thought no ba-bee, dark or light,Was ever half so sweet and brightAs Chocolate Drop.They say (as strange as it may seem)That she was made of country cream,And rolled in something brown and sweet,Which made this ba-bee so completeA Chocolate Drop.
There lived beside a certain seaA humpy, dumpy, brown ba-bee,Whose length and breadth were just the same,And what is more, this ba-bee's nameWas Chocolate Drop.
There lived beside a certain sea
A humpy, dumpy, brown ba-bee,
Whose length and breadth were just the same,
And what is more, this ba-bee's name
Was Chocolate Drop.
This humpy, dumpy, brown ba-beeHad a Mamma as brown as she,Who thought no ba-bee, dark or light,Was ever half so sweet and brightAs Chocolate Drop.
This humpy, dumpy, brown ba-bee
Had a Mamma as brown as she,
Who thought no ba-bee, dark or light,
Was ever half so sweet and bright
As Chocolate Drop.
They say (as strange as it may seem)That she was made of country cream,And rolled in something brown and sweet,Which made this ba-bee so completeA Chocolate Drop.
They say (as strange as it may seem)
That she was made of country cream,
And rolled in something brown and sweet,
Which made this ba-bee so complete
A Chocolate Drop.
Out on the end of an apple-tree boughA birdie was singing a song just now,And when it was endedThe birdie pretendedTo say Good-bye,but he did notknow how!
Out on the end of an apple-tree boughA birdie was singing a song just now,And when it was endedThe birdie pretendedTo say Good-bye,but he did notknow how!
Out on the end of an apple-tree boughA birdie was singing a song just now,And when it was endedThe birdie pretendedTo say Good-bye,but he did notknow how!
Out on the end of an apple-tree bough
A birdie was singing a song just now,
And when it was ended
The birdie pretended
To say Good-bye,
but he did not
know how!
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTESSilently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors.Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.
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