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BABY'S QUERY by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON

First Line: JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL
Last Line: "BUT TELL ME—WHAT'S ER BOSOMFLY?"
Subject(s): BABIES; MOTHERS; INFANTS;

"JESUS, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly."
Crooned a mother soft and low
As a soothing lullaby.
"I know what's er butterfly."
The drowsy baby made reply,
"I caught one once er skimmin' by,
But tell me—what's er bosomfly?"



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