Little Bo-Peep

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.

小さなボー・ピープは　羊をなくした どこを探せばいいか　分からない ほうっておけば　帰ってくるさ しっぽを　後ろに　引き連れて

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For still they all were fleeting.

小さなボー・ピープは　ぐっすり眠り 羊のメーメー鳴く声を　夢に聞いた けれど　目が覚めると　なんのことはない 羊たちは　やっぱり　どこかへ行ったまま

Then up she took her little crook, Determined for to find them; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left all their tails behind 'em!

そこで　小さな羊飼いの杖を　手に取って きっと見つけると　心に決めた たしかに見つけた、けれど胸が痛んだ みんな　しっぽを　どこかに置いてきていたんだもの！

It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray Unto a meadow hard by— There she espied their tails, side by side, All hung on a tree to dry.

ある日のこと、ボー・ピープは すぐ近くの　牧場へと　ぶらりと出かけた そこで見つけた　しっぽが　ずらりと並び 木につるされて　干してあった

She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye, And over the hillocks she raced; And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, That each tail should be properly placed.

ボー・ピープは　ため息をついて　涙を拭き 小さな丘を　いくつも　駆けていった 羊飼いらしく　できるかぎりのことをして しっぽを　一つずつ　もとの場所に　つけてやろうとした

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