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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Sing Me a Song

Sing me a song—

What shall I sing?—

Three merry sisters

Dancing in a ring,

Light and fleet upon their feet

As birds upon the wing.


Tell me a tale—

What shall I tell?—

Two mournful sisters,

And a tolling knell,

Tolling ding and tolling dong,

Ding dong bell.