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