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Songs and Lyrics

By Joseph Skipsey. Collected and Revised

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[Once more, sweet Muse, a fancy choose]

Once more, sweet Muse, a fancy choose;
Seize by the heels that winged fellow,
And he'll declare how this her hair—
“Her hair is brown, that broom is yellow!”
Then that one try, I know he'll cry
This bean-bloom's like her lips. “Sweet booby!
That runner's quite a scarlet bright,
Thy lady's lips are very ruby.”