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Daisy is a flower girl, in Victorian England. As the narrator of the piece, she confides the sad story of Ludlow Ladd.
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THE CHILD WAS BORN ONE CHRISTMAS,
AS THIN AND STRAIGHT AS A ROD.
THOUGH IT WAS A MILD BIRTH,
HIS MUM DIED IN CHILDBIRTH
SHE HAD A DATE WITH GOD.
HIS FATHER LOVED HIM DEARLY
A STALWART CHIMNEY SWEEP, HE:
WHO WHILE CHIMNEY STOKIN’
HIMSELF BEGAN SMOKIN’
AND BURNED UP RECENTLY.
AND NOW THEIR ORPHAN BOY,
TO MAKE HIS FEEBLE ENDS MEET,
IS IN HIS OWN EMPLOY
SELLING NEWSPAPERS ON THE STREET...
SELLING NEWSPAPERS,
NASTY NEWSPAPERS,
FILTHY NEWSPAPERS
ON THE STREET.
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