**** backed Tilly, was moonstruck mad and silly Leaning on a stile with her pail upon her arm Muttering the while; a curse, perhaps a charm? ****** backed Tilly tells of things I never knew Of maggot pies, chocolate skies, and monkeys painted blue She kept a nanny goat, a weasel; a long haired stoat called ***** Folks said she was moonstruck, du dilly mad and silly She kept a bird that couldn’t sing, a battered bat without a wing Was there ever a stranger thing, than ****** backed Tilly? She said her humps were presents, they didn’t weigh her down She said her humps made her special; she wore them like a crown She didn’t have much schooling, yet she can milk a cow She’s a wizard when the butter turns, A healer when the sunlight burns A sayer of the sooth; ****** back Tilly tells the truth I’ve loved my ****** back Tilly girl, ever since I was a youth
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