Merry Maid
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onny and stout and brown, without a hat,She frowns offended when they call her fat--Yet fat she is, the merriest in the place,And all can know she wears a pretty face.But still she never heeds what praise can say,But does the work, and oft runs out to play,To run about the yard and ramp and noiseAnd spring the mop upon the servant boys.When old hens noise and cackle every whereShe hurries eager if the eggs are dear,And runs to seek them when they lay awayTo get them ready for the market day.She gambols with the men and laughs aloudAnd only quarrels when they call her proud.
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