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SYDDIE

You love to wander in the dew,
Caring not for patter of the showers
And sweet it is to meet with you,
Syddie, with your pinny full of flowers.
You gather pinks, but cannot take
Hollyhocks that grow as tall as towers;
But others reach them for your sake,
Syddie, with your pinny full of flowers.
Who kisses you in early Spring,
Kisses with the cowslips of the showers.
When I am weary, Summer, bring
Syddie, with his pinny full of flowers.