Ladybird ladybird where art thou gone
On the cabbage flower early thy scarlet wings shone
I saw thee creep off to the tulip bed
Ladybird ladybird where art thou flown
Thou wert here in the morning before the sun shone
Just now up the bowl o' the damson tree
You passed the gold lichen & got to the grey
Ladybird ladybird where can you be
You climb up the tulips & then fly away
You crept up the flowers while I plucked them just now
& crept to the top & then flew from the flowers
O sleep not so high as the damson tree bough
But come from the dew i' the eldern tree bowers
Here's lavender trees that would hide a lone mouse
& lavender cotton wi' buttons o' gold
& bushes o' lads love as dry as a house
Here's red pinks & daisies so sweet to behold
Ladybird ladybird come to thy nest
The gold beds i' the rose o the sweet brier tree
Wi rose coloured curtains to pleasure thee best
Come Ladybird back to thy Garden & Me
Pet MS C3 p189
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