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DANDELION by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: DANDELION, FUZZY-TOP, MUST I STOP MY PLAY?
Last Line: I'VE REALLY GOT TO KNOW AT ONCE IF MOTHER'S WANTING ME.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; DANDELIONS; FLOWERS; PLAY; WEEDS; CHILDHOOD;

Dandelion, Fuzzy-top, must I stop my play?
Do you s'pose my mother thinks I'm too long away?
I had planned a lot of things I must do to-day.
I was chasing butterflies when you made me stop.
People say you are so wise, Fairy Fuzzy-top!

Dandelion, Fuzzy-top, won't you tell me true?
Must I hurry home again, 'fore my play is through?
Seems as if I had about a million things to do!
Sunny days are all so short,—and that is why, you see,
I've really got to know at once if mother's wanting me.



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