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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 70, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Margaret has a milking-pail
Last Line: By the leafy limes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


MARGARET has a milking-pail,
And she rises early;
Thomas has a threshing-flail,
And he's up betimes.
Sometimes crossing through the grass
Where the dew lies pearly,
They say 'Good-morrow' as they pass
By the leafy limes.





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