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Thread #23431 Message #4231571
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Nov-25 - 10:24 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sweet Little Robin (Burl Ives)
Subject: ADD: There Came to my Window
THERE CAME TO MY WINDOW
There came to my window one morning in Spring A sweet little Robin; she came there to sing. The tune that she sang, it was prettier far Than any I heard on the flute or guitar.
Her wings she was spreading to soar far away, Then resting a moment seemed sweetly to say: “Oh happy, how happy the world seems to be! Awake, Little Girl and be happy with me!”
But just as she finished her beautiful song, A thoughtless young man with a gun came along. He killed and he carried my sweet bird away, She no more will sing at the dawn of the day.
Source: MOTHER’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK No. 2 of OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair
AUGENER Ltd., LONDON David McKay, 604-608 South Washington Square, Philadelphia.