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Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink;Look, what a nice new coat is mine,Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee.
Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings,Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink;Brood, kind creature; you need not fearThieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee.
Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note.Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat:
