For her pet was white as she was fair.
And its lovely fleece was beyond compare,
And dearly it loved its Mistress Marie,
Dewy-eyed, with shimmering hair.
Its warped wool was an inwove snare
To tangle her fingers in, where they could be
(For her pet was white as she was fair)
Lost from sight, both so snow-white were,
And the lambkin adored the maiden wee—
Dewy-eyed with shimmering hair.