Ladybird Ladybird by Traditional Nursery Rhymes Lyrics

[Traditional]
Ladybird, ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children are gone,
All except one, and her name is Ann,
And she hid under the baking pan.

[Short/Grimmer Version]
Lady-bird, Lady-bird
Fly away home,
Your house is on fire,
Your children will burn.

[Peterborough Version]
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,
Your horse is on foot, your children are gone;
All but one, and that's little John,
And he lies under the grindle stone.

[Scotland Version]
Dowdy-cow, dowdy-cow, ride away heame,
Thy house is burnt, and thy bairns are tean.
[Mrs. Southey]
Lady-bird, Lady-bird, fly away home,
The field mouse is gone to her nest,
The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes
And the birds and the bees are at rest