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The Water Midden's Song

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The Water Midden's Song
written by Walter de la Mare
The Three Royal Monkeys (1910) Link to further information




 Bubble, Bubble,
 Swim to see
 Oh, how beautiful
 I be.

 Fishes, Fishes,
 Finned and fine,
 What's your gold
 Compared with mine?

 Why, then, has
 Wise Tishnar made
 One so lovely,
 Yet so sad?

 Lone am I,
 And can but make
 A little song,
 For singing's sake.

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