The Lark and her Young Ones — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

A Lark had made her nest in the young green wheat. The brood had almost grown, when the owner of the field, overlooking his crop, said: "I must send to all my neighbors to help me with my harvest." One of the young Larks heard him, and asked his mother to what place they should move for safety. "There is no occasion to move yet, my son," she replied. The owner of the field came a few days later, and said: "I will come myself to-morrow, and will get in the harvest." Then the Lark said to her brood: "It is time now to be off?he no longer trusts to his friends, but will reap the field himself."
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What are the words to The Lark and her Young Ones?
The lyrics to The Lark and her Young Ones are: A Lark had made her nest in the young green wheat. The brood had almost grown, when the owner of the field, overlooking his crop, said: "I must send to all my neighbors to help me with my harvest." One of the young Larks heard him, and asked his mother to what place they should move for safety. "There is no occasion to move yet, my son," she replied. The owner of the field came a few days later, and said: "I will come myself to-morrow, and will get in the harvest." Then the Lark said to her brood: "It is time now to be off?he no longer trusts to his friends, but will reap the field himself." / Self-help is the best help.
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"The Lark and her Young Ones" has 2 lines of verse.

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