Ladybird, Ladybird!

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!

The field-mouse has gone to her nest,

The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes,

And the bees and birds are at rest.

Ladybird, ladybird! 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.

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!

Good luck if you reach it at last!

The owl's come abroad, and the bat's on the roam,

Sharp-set from their Ramazan fast.

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!

The fairybells tinkle afar!

Make haste or they'll catch you, and harness you fast

With a cobweb to Oberon's car.

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!

To your house in the old willow tree,

Where your children so dear have invited the ant

And a few cozy neighbors to tea.

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!

And if not gobbled up by the way,

Nor yoked by the fairies to Oberon's car,

You're in luck! and that's all I've to say!