====== #404 - Oh! You Little Rascal ======
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  *Composer:
    *James Dunn, 1884
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
The birds were warbling down the lane,\\
While gaily we were straying;\\
I listened to his words again,\\
Among the flow'rs delaying,\\
His smile was winning sweet and fair\\
As summer skies o'erhead;\\
And as we lingered fondly there\\
Now this is what he said:\\
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Oh! you little rascal, you're so shy!\\
With your cunning smile and roguish eye!\\
For a little wife I fondly sigh,\\
Oh! you little rascal, how I love you!\\
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We talked about the pretty birds\\
Amid the dewy roses;\\
But, oh, his fond and loving words\\
Were sweeter than the posies;\\
He held my hand within his own\\
Beneath the blossoms fair;\\
And while his glances on me shown\\
He softly whispered there:\\
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Beside that little shady lane\\
Our happy home is smiling;\\
And oft we wander there again,\\
The summer hours beguiling;\\
And as he holds my hand in his\\
Among the roses fair,\\
He tells Love's story o'er, and this\\
Is what he murmurs there:\\
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    *++George Cooper|{{search>"George Cooper" @cobs}}++ (1840-1927), 1884