#DEAR LITTLE BUTTERCUP LYRICS WINDOWS#

' Sometimes the manager would come up and tell us to keep quiet, and remind us that we were behind with the rent. Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,Īnd you all may be rulers of the Queen's Navee!Īnd what did he write about in his first two novels?ĭigressing from the classical to the popular, I'm just reading Factotum chapter 42 and reached the bit where Buk mentions his and Jan's (Jane's) singing: If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,īe careful to be guided by this golden rule. If you want to rise to the top of the tree,

Of legal knowledge I acquired such a gripĪnd I never thought of thinking for myself at all.īy making me the Ruler of the Queen's Navee! I wore clean collars and a brand-new suitįor the pass examination at the Institute,Īnd that pass examination did so well for me, I copied all the letters in a hand so free, I served the writs with a smile so bland,Īnd I copied all the letters in a big round hand. That they gave me the post of a junior clerk. That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!

#DEAR LITTLE BUTTERCUP LYRICS WINDOWS#

I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor,Īnd I polished up the handle of the big front door. So, buy of your Buttercup - poor Little Buttercup Then buy of your Buttercup - dear Little Buttercup I've chickens and conies, and pretty polonies, I've treacle and toffee, I've tea and I've coffee, I've ribbons and laces to set off the faces I've snuff and tobaccy, and excellent jacky, Bulbous buttercup ( Ranunculus bulbosus), which is considered a potential famine food, has bulbous roots that are caustic when fresh but can be eaten when they're boiled or completely dried.For I'm called Little Buttercup - dear Little Buttercup,īut still I'm called Buttercup - poor little Buttercup, The most pernicious culprits in North America include tall buttercup ( Ranunculus acris), creeping buttercup ( Ranunculus repens) and cursed buttercup ( Ranunculus sceleratus), to name a few. Dead and dried plants are generally considered safe. While buttercups vary in levels of toxicity, individual plants are at their most toxic in spring when they're alive and flowering. Swallow some buttercups and you'll find yourself in a world of hurt, including but not limited to symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting, dizziness and even paralysis. The toxic oil is also a serious eye irritant. If the leaves are chewed by humans or beasts, blisters may form on the lips and face. Contact with protoanemonin will mess you up in a dermatitis kind of way - causing burning and itching with accompanying rash and blisters. When the leaves of buttercups are crushed or bruised they release a compound called ranunculin that breaks down into an acrid, toxic oil called protoanemonin. All species of ranunculus are poisonous to both animals and humans.

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