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OUR WRONGS by C. F. H.

First Line: WHEN GIRLS ARE ONLY BABIES
Last Line: WE CAN'T -- CAN'T -- CAN'T.
Subject(s): IRONY; KISSES;

WHEN girls are only babies,
Their mammas quite insist
That they by us --
Against our wills --
Be kissed -- kissed -- kissed.

But when those girls
Are sweet eighteen,
Their mammas say we sha'n't,
And though we'd like to kiss them,
We can't -- can't -- can't.



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