Diddily
Dee Dot's Dreamland for Children Everywhere
Kid's Treasury of Music,
Making and Film IF -
From the book Fairies and Chimneys (1918, 12th
edition) by
Rose Fyleman
If I were a bird with a dear little nest I
should always be going for
flights, I'd fly to the North and the South and the
West and all the wonderful
sights. I'd perch on the points of the very small
spires, and race with the insects and
bees, And there would be parties on telegraph
wires, and school at the top of the
trees.
If I were a fairy and
lived in a flower what fun, oh, what fun it would
be ! I'm certain I never should sleep for an
hour, and I'd always have honey for
tea; And never a stocking or shoe would I wear,
Nor ever a hat on my
head, And no one would tell me to tidy my hair,
and no one would send me to
bed.
If I were a duchess in
satin and pearls, I'd curtsey like this and like
this;
I'd graciously smile at the lords and the
earls, and give them my fingers to
kiss. And mother should dress all in silver and
pink, and daddy in silver and
green, And off we should go in a coach, only
think, To live with the King and the Queen
!
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