The Riverside song book/The Fortune in the Daisy
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THE FORTUNE IN THE DAISY.
Phoebe Cary. W. G. Becker.
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Allegretto. mf
1. Of what are you think -ing, my pret - ty maid, With your
2. I know by the blush-es up - on your cheek, Tho’ you
3. You are count-ing the pet - als, one by one. Of your
4. Be - ware, be - ware, what you say and do, Fair
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feet in the sum - mer clo - ver? Ah! you need not
strive to hide the tok - en; And I know be
daint - y dew - y po - sies, To find from their
maid, with your feet in the clo - ver; For the poor - est
hang your mod-est head; I know ’tis a - bout your lov-er.
cause you will not speak The thought that is un - spok-en.
num - ber, when ’tis done. The se - cret it dis - clos-es.
man that comes to woo. May be the rich - est lov - er.