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DUTY CALL by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: ON SUNDAYS I JUS' LOVE TO DINE
Last Line: AN' GIVES ME HEAPS O' THINGS TO EAT.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; FAMILY LIFE; MOTHERS; PITY; SABBATH; TEMPERANCE; CHILDHOOD; RELATIVES; SUNDAY; PROHIBITION;
On Sundays I jus' love to dine
With Aunty Jane an' Emeline,
An' stay t' hear a temp'rence trac'.
I love it, 'cause when I get back
My muvver says, "Poor little sweet!"
An' gives me heaps o' things to eat.



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