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Before she has her floor swept / Or her dishes done,
Any day you'll find her / A-sunning in the sun!
It's long after midnight / Her key's in the lock,
And you never see her chimney smoke / Till past ten o'clock!
She digs in her garden / With a shovel and a spoon,
She weeds her lazy lettuce / By the light of the moon,
She walks up the walk / Like a woman in a dream,
She forgets she borrowed butter / And pays you back cream!
Her lawn looks like a meadow, / And if she mows the place
She leaves the clover standing
/ And the Queen Anne's lace!