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My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; / It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; / For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, / With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea, / And my papa's a banker and as rich as he can be; / But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I'm to do, / O Leerie, I'll go round at night and light the lamps with you!
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, / And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more; / And O, before you hurry by with ladder and with light, / O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night!