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MR. AND MRS. SPIKKY SPARROW.

"All last night, among the trees,
"I heard you cough, I heard you sneeze;
"And, thought I, it's come to that
"Because he does not wear a hat!
"Chippy wippy sikky tee!
"Bikky wikky tikky mee!
"Spikky chippy wee!

III.
"Not that you are growing old,
"But the nights are growing cold.
"No one stays out all night long
"Without a hat: I'm sure it's wrong!"
Mr. Spikky said "How kind,
"Dear! you are, to speak your mind!
"All your life I wish you luck!
"You are! you are! a lovely duck!
"Witchy witchy witchy wee!
"Twitchy witchy witchy bee!
"Tikky tikky tee!

IV.
"I was also sad, and thinking,
"When one day I saw you winking,
"And I heard you sniffle-snuffle,
"And I saw your feathers ruffle;