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CHRISTMAS MORNING by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: YESTERDAY I TORE SOME LACE-STUCK MY FINGER THROUGH IT
Last Line: NOT TO BLAME THIS CHILD, BECAUSE HIS ARE N'T ANY BETTER!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CHRISTMAS; SANTA CLAUS; CHILDHOOD; NATIVITY, THE; NICHOLAS, SAINT;

Yesterday I tore some lace—stuck my finger through it;
Day before I made a face—no one saw me do it.
Once I splattered with the ink—got my dress all spotted,
And there's other things I think that I have forgotted.
Do you s'pose HE came last night? I was always taught he
Would n't bring a single mite to a child that's naughty!
But I guess if Santy's house has some children in it,
They're not quiet as a mouse every single minute.
And I guess that Mrs. Claus told him, if he let her,
Not to blame this child, because his are n't any better!



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