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When I am playing by myself, / And all the boys are lost around, / Then I can hear the water go; / It makes a little talking sound.
Along the rocks below the tree, / I see it ripple up and wink; / And I can hear it saying on, / "And do you think? And do you think?"
A bug shoots by that snaps and ticks, / And a bird flies up beside the tree / To go into the sky to sing. / I hear it say, "Killdee, killdee!"
Or else a yellow cow comes down / To splash a while and have a drink. / But when she goes I still can hear / The water say, "And do you think?"