Where are you going, my pretty maid (c1877)
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Christmas card from the Ribbon Letters series, published by Marcus Ward & Co and illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
The verse reads:
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"That is a secret, sir", she said.
"Let me, I pray, your secret share,
And I will preserve it, maiden fair!
Your coral dress, and your eyes as blue
As the dainty bow on your tiny shoe
Have made me very much wish to know
Whence you come and whither you go?"
"Ah, well, Sir, if you press me so
I come from the land of Long Ago!
And I go to wish friends far and near,
A Christmas glad, and a bright New Year!"Location: Album of Christmas, New Year and other Greeting Cards. Early and Fine Printing Collection Item Number 719847 AQ741.68
