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A little peach in the orchard grew, -- / A little peach of emerald hue; / Warmed by the sun and wet by the dew, / It grew.
One day, passing that orchard through, / That little peach dawned on the view / Of Johnny Jones and his sister Sue -- / Them two.
Up at that peach a club they threw -- / Down from the stem on which it grew / Fell that peach of emerald hue. / Mon Dieu!
John took a bite and Sue a chew, / And then the trouble began to brew, -- / Trouble the doctor couldn't subdue. / Too true!
Under the turf where the daisies grew / They planted John and his sister Sue, / And their little souls to the angels flew, -- / Boo hoo!
What of that peach of the emerald hue, / Warmed by the sun, and wet by the dew? / Ah, well, its mission on earth is through. / Adieu!
1880.