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A. A. Milne

The Wrong House

I went into a house, and it wasn't a house,

It has big steps and a great big hall;

But it hasn't got a garden,

A garden,

A garden,

It isn't like a house at all.


I went into a house, and it wasn't a house,

It has a big garden and great high wall;

But it hasn't got a may-tree,

A may-tree,

A may-tree,

It isn't like a house at all.


I went into a house and it wasn't a house—

Slow white petals from the may-tree fall;

But it hasn't got a blackbird,

A blackbird,

A blackbird,

It isn't like a house at all.


I went into a house, and I thought it was a house,

I could hear from the may-tree the blackbird call. . . .

But nobody listened to it,

Nobody

Liked it,

Nobody wanted it at all.