Sukey


Sukey's rare and Sukey's fair
Sukey's got the coal black hair
And in her neck the curl'd drakes tail
That makes her looks so very fine
And in her breast this heart of mine
That keeps me like a thief in jail
Which is so very fair and white
It keeps me waken half the night

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Image: One of Lady Hawarden’s daughters in 1860, yes 1860.  Amazing!

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