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TO MOTHER FAIRIE.
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milk, and churn, and spin, Nor old and wrink-led Brown-ies, With

pleas - ures dead and gone, To hold her was - ted fin - gers. And


gris - ly beards, and thin: But pa - tient lit - tle

make the rings stay on. They must be ver - y


peo - ple, With hands of bus - y care, And

cun - ning To make the fu - ture shine Like