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 Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
 Drink with me and drink as I!
  Freely welcome to my cup,
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 Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
 Drink with me and drink as I!
  Freely welcome to my cup,
   Could'st thou sip and sip it up;
    Make the most of life you may;
     Life is short and wears away. 
 It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree 
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a read more 
 It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree 
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a dust do I raise! 
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
 A fly sat on the chariot wheel
 And said "what a dust I raise."  
 A fly sat on the chariot wheel
 And said "what a dust I raise." 
 I saw a flie within a beade
 Of amber cleanly buried.  
 I saw a flie within a beade
 Of amber cleanly buried. 
 Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
 [Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]  
 Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
 [Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.] 
 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss 
for the fly that is read more 
 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss 
for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, 
and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 
 To a boyling pot flies comes not.
 [To a boiling pot flies come not.]  
 To a boyling pot flies comes not.
 [To a boiling pot flies come not.] 
 Baby bye
 Here's a fly,
  Let us watch him, you and I,
   How he read more 
 Baby bye
 Here's a fly,
  Let us watch him, you and I,
   How he crawls
    Up the walls
     Yet he never falls.