Tommy has a secret

"Ladybird, ladybird, sing to me once more

I don't want the birds to sing, 

You're the one that I adore"

Ignoring his request, she slowly flew away

Letting him hope that she will sing someday

His mother heard what he had said

She smiled at him, nodding her head:

"Tommy, the ladybirds can't sing

They’re even smaller than my ring

They just fly and have no use

But for the children to amuse”

He can’t believe what he is hearing,

For he knows well, they have a meaning

And what his mother doesn’t know,

At night, they put on a show

They sing and dance, they even act

And he’s not kidding, that’s a fact!

One simply can’t convince his mother

And so, he doesn’t even bother

The secret’s only his to keep

At night, after he hears them cheep,

When lights are out, and he’s in bed

Holding his teddy bear named Ned,

They take him to another place

Where all together sing and dance

The other children, they come too,

Dancing together, two by two,

They do this every night since May

That’s how he even learned to sway.