Three Songs from "Peacock Pie"

I know a little cupboard,
With a teeny tiny key,
And there's a jar of Lollypops
  For me, me, me.

It has a little shelf, my dear,
As dark as dark can be,
And there's a dish of Banbury Cakes
  For me, me, me.

I have a small fat grandmamma,
With a very slippery knee,
And she's the Keeper of the Cupboard
  With the key, key, key.

And I'm very good, my dear,
As good as good can be,
There's Banbury Cakes, and Lollypops
  For me, me, me.

Text Authorship:

• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The cupboard", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 24, first published 1913

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Behind the blinds I sit and watch
The people passing - passing by;
And not a single one can see
  My tiny watching eye.

They cannot see my little room,
All yellowed with the shaded sun;
They do not even know I'm here;
  Nor'll guess when I am gone.

Text Authorship:

• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The window", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 2. Boys and Girls, no. 7, first published 1913

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'Twas a very small garden;
The paths were of stone,
Scattered with leaves,
With moss overgrown;
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

The dog-rose in briars
Hung over the weeds,
The air was aflock
With the floating of seed,
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

The dovecote was tumbling,
The fountain dry,
A wind in the orchard
Went whispering by;
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

Text Authorship:

• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The little old Cupid", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 4. Places and People, no. 7, first published 1913

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