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The Sweet, Red Rose.

1.

“Good-morrow, little rosebush,
Now prithee tell me true,
To be as sweet, as a sweet, red rose,
What must a body do?”.

2.

“To be as sweet as a sweet, red rose,

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A little girl like you
Just grows, and grows, and grows, and grows—
And that's what she must do.