"Miss Bodkin's Charms" (1886)
3 equal voices
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Words and Music by John Hill Hewitt, 1801-1890

[Source: manuscript photocopy from
John H. Hewitt papers #31 (OP3 8)
Special Collections,
The Robert W. Woodruff Library,
Emory University,
Atlanta, GA  30322-2870]

Miss Bodkin’s hair is red.
Her nose is pimple hue,
And when she goes to bed,
From head to foot she’s blue.
Her eyes are black and bright.
But she is rather green;
Her hands are lily white;
She says she’s sweet sixteen.