Lady-bird! Lady-bird! fly away home; The field mouse is gone to her nest. The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes, And the bees and the birds are at rest.
Lady-bird! Lady-bird! fly away home; The glow-worm is lighting her lamp. The dew's falling fast, and your fine speckled wings Will flag with the close-clinging damp.
Lady-bird! Lady-bird! fly away home; The fairy bells tinkle afar; Make haste, or they'll catch you and harness you fast With a cobweb to Oberon's* car. (*Oberon is the king of the fairies)