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She's my myrtle, my geranium, My sunflow'r, my sweet marjoram, My honeysuckle, my tulip, my violet, My hollyhock, my dahlia, my mignonette.
She's my snowdrop, my ranunculus, My hyacinth, my gilly flow'r, my polyanthus; My heart's ease, my pink, my water lily, My butter-cup, my daisy, my daffy-down-dilly.
I am like a scarlet runner, that has lost its stick, Or a cherry, that is left for the dickey birds to pick; Like a watering pot, I'll weep, like a pavion, I'll sigh, Like a mushroom, I'll wither, like a cucumber, I'll die.
I am like a bumble-bee that don't know where to settle, And she is a dandelion, and a stinging nettle; My heart's like a beet-root, choked with chick-weed, My head's like a pumpkin, running off to seed.
I've a great mind to make myself a felo-de-se, And finish all my woes on the branch of a tree; But I won't! for I know that at my kicking you'd roar, And honor my death with a double encore.
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Hutchinson Family. "Horticultural Wife." Lyrics: "Written by a celebrated English gardener after disappointment in love." Music: Hutchinson Family (Singers). First line of text: "She's my myrtle, my geranium, My sunflower, my sweet marjoram." First line of main chorus: "Ho! ho! she's a fickle wild rose, A damask, a cabbage, a china rose." Boston:
-- Alan Lewis
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