O waly me ! O waly me !
Just such a boy I ne' er did see.
He caught the flies, poor helpless things,
Made hoppers of them, minus wings.
He killed the birds, where'er he could,
And catless made the neighborhood;
And worst of all that he did do,
He banged the housemaid black and blue.
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C' etait un bien méchant garçon
Que Frédéric, un polisson !
Le brigand, de ses mains cruelles
Aux Mouches arrachait les ailes,
Cassait les chaises en morceaux
Tuait les chats et les oiseaux;
Puis, avec son fouet ou sa canne
Battait sa Bonne Marianne.
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