The little girl sat in the gutter, like a rat
A match flickering in her left hand
She lifted her leg but failed to stand
She stayed in the gutter
She said her prayers in a mutter
And she lay down to sleep

The morning brought traffic and the first cars saw,
a girl lying in the gutter outside the grocers door
The frozen little body was as blue as the sky
And it was missing a leg and one big green eye