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AMBITION by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: I'VE SHOED MY HORSE AND FED MY COW
Last Line: PERHAPS I'LL GROW TO BE THEM ALL.
Subject(s): AMBITION; CHILDREN; PROFESSIONS; CHILDHOOD;
I've shoed my horse and fed my cow,
And I am mending houses now;
I think I'll be, when I am old,
A farmer or a blacksmith bold.
Unless I find that I prefer
To be sometimes a carpenter.

I've learned so much, though I am small,
Perhaps I'll grow to be them all.



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