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DA LEETLA DOCTOR by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY

First Line: W'EN I AM BEEG, SAYS HE
Last Line: "W'EN I AM BEEG,"" SAYS HE."
Subject(s): CHILDREN; PHYSICIANS; CHILDHOOD; DOCTORS;

"W'EN I am beeg," says he --
Dat leetla keed of mine --
"Gran' doctor I weell be,
An' Oh, so smart an' fine
You weell be proud of me;
W'en I am beeg," says he.

"You beeg enough," she say --
Hees madre, dat's my wife --
"I like you deesa way;
Eef only all your life
Like deesa you could stay!
You beeg enough," she say.

"You are too beeg," I cry.
"You crowd your madre's heart,
Eef you grow more, oh my!
You bust eet all apart!
No room dere now have I;
You are too beeg," I cry.

"W'en I am beeg," says he,
"I feex all dat for you.
Eef hearts can bust, you see
Dey can be menda, too!
Gran' doctor I weell be
W'en I am beeg," says he.



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