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I. No one ever saw it / Till I dug it from the ground; / I found it when I lost it, / And lost it when I found: / I washed it, and dressed it, / And buried it once more- / Dug it up, and loved it then / Better than before. / I was paid for finding it- / I don't know why or how,- / But I lost, found, and kept it, / And haven't got it now.
II. Sometimes it's all alone- / Sometimes in a crowd; / It says a thousand bright things, / But never talks aloud. / Everybody loves it, / And likes to have it call, / But if you shouldn't happen to, / It wouldn't care at all. / First you see or hear of it, / It's a-singing,-then / You may look and listen, / But it never sings again.