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1868–1955

The Butter-ball. The Butter-cup.

Robert Williams Wood

The little Butter-cup can sing, From morn‘ till night like anything. The quacking of the Butter-ball, Cannot be called a song at all.

We thus the flower may learn to know, Its song is reproduced below.

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The Butter-ball. The Butter-cup. · Robert Williams Wood · Poetry Cove