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ANTHROPOLOGY by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: I LOVE MY ORDERNERY DOLLS THE BEST
Last Line: TO MAKE 'EM ALL AMERICANS LIKE ME.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; DOLLS; TOYS; CHILDHOOD;

I love my @3ordernery@1 dolls the best
Of any kind that ever could be bought.
No foreign doll that Santy ever brought
Is near so nice, no matter how she's dressed.
I hope my Chinese doll has never guessed
That I don't love him half of what I @3ought!@1
I take good care to see that he is taught
His lessons oftener than all the rest.

I wish the Dolly-maker would begin
To mend his ways; I would if I was he!
'Cause if the dolls that have a yellow skin
Are heathenish inside as they can be,
Just think how @3sensibuller@1 he'd have been
To make 'em all Americans like me.



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