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The Zankiwank
O we are so sleepy:Nodding is each head,Playing at bo-peepy,Now the day is sped.Birdies in their nestiesRest in slumber deep;Nodland’s full of guestiesWhen we go to sleep.
   To sleep! To sleep!    O we are so sleepy!     Blinky, winky eyes:    Why are you so peepy     When the twilight dies?

The slight mist that had descended went up just like a gauze curtain, bringing into view again the lovely garden reposing in the rear in a beautiful green bath of light.

Then the merry Winny Weg caught hold of the cupids and incited them to dance a slow gavotte, and as they danced they warbled lusciously:—