This was triggered by the "Rosalie, the Prairie Flower" and is not nearly so romantic. This is in a similar vein to the better known "I'm A Little Cookie" song. Maybe this was the inspiration.

PRAIRIE FLOWER

I'm a little prairie flower,
Growing wilder every hour;
Nobody cares to cultivate me,
I'm as wild as wild can be.

I'm a little patchwork quilt,
All my edges trimmed with gilt;
Nobody's ever wrapped up in me,
'Cause I'm as crazy as can be.

I'm a little snowflake white
Floating downward in the night;
Nobody ever cuddles up to me,
'Cause I'm as cold as cold can be.

I'm a little wrinkled prune,
Very soon I may be strewn;
If I do, look out for me,
I'm as bad as bad can be.
I'm as bad as bad can be.
Turalura, turale.

I'm a little acorn brown
Lying on the dusty ground;
Nobody cares to pick me up,
For I am just a little NUT.

I was a little nut,
Fell out of a tree;
Along came a man,
And stepped on me.

Teedle-dum, teedle-dum.
I'M CRACKED!

source: "Paradology" by E O Harbin (1927)

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