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OUR LITTLE DAUGHTER by ANONYMOUS

First Line: OUR MERRY LITTLE DAUGHTER
Last Line: TO GIVE MY MOTHER SORROW!
Subject(s): DAUGHTERS;GIRLS;GRIEF;MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS;PARENTS; SORROW;SADNESS;PARENTHOOD;
OUR merry little daughter
Was climbing out of bed —
"Don't you think that I'm a good girl?"
Our little daughter said,
"For all day long this lovely day,
And all day long to-morrow,
I haven't done a single thing
To give my mother sorrow!"



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