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You will remember, perhaps, that she
Also was minding sheep.

Well, little Bo-Peep came topping along—
(The sheep she tended were running at large}—
Where little Boy Blue sat singing a song,
And faithfully watching his charge.

Said little Bo-Peep, “ It's a burning shame
That you should sit here from week to week
Just leave your work, and we’ll play a game
Of— well— of hide and seek/1

It -was dull work, and he liked to play
Better, I ’m sure, than to eat or sleep;
He ilkcd the bloom of the summer day;—
And he liked— he liked Bo-Peep.

And so, with many a laugh and shout,
They hid from each other— now here— now there ;
Artd whether the cows were in or out,
Bo-Peep had never a care.

i( I will hide once more,” said the maiden fair,
“ You shall not find me this time, 1 say—
Shut your eyes up tight, and lie down there
Under that stack of hay.

' “ Now wait till I call/5 said Miss Ro-Peep,
And over the meadows she slipped awayt
With never a thought for cows or sheep—
Alas! Alas! the day.

She let down the bars, did Miss Bo-Peep—
Such trifles as bars she held in scorn—
And into the meadows went the sheep
And the cows went into the com.