Little Bo-Peep has lost his sheep,
And cannot tell where to find them
Leave them alone, and they’ll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.


Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt he heard them bleating
When he awoke, he found it a joke,
For still they all were fleeting.


Then up he took his little crook,
Determined for to find them;
He found them indeed, but it made his heart bleed,
For they’d left their tails behind them.