O, Father has donned his suit of brown

And saddled the gelding gray,

And he's ridden off to London town

Where the streets are fine and gay.

And Mother has asked for a yard of lace,

And Kate for a kerchief new,

And Moll for a mirror to look at her face,

And Bessie for beads, all blue;

And Dick has been promised a kite so tall,

And Jamie a leathern whip,

And Baby shall play with a painted ball,

And O! I have asked for a ship!—

But our eldest sister stood apart,

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And I think I heard her say:

'O bring me back a little white heart

Like the one I lost in May....'

 

 

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