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MY BABY'S LIPS by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER

First Line: MY BABY'S LIPS CAN REACH MY HAND
Last Line: KISS ON, O BABY MINE.
Subject(s): BABIES; HANDS; KISSES; INFANTS;
My baby's lips can reach my hand,
O baby, baby mine;
They steal the sting from reprimand
And contravene each stern command,
I'm helpless, for I can't withstand
Those lips, O baby mine.

Your rosy lips were made to kiss,
O baby, baby mine;
But not my hand as armistice
When punished for some deed remiss,
Though when you win, to lose is bliss,
Kiss on, O baby mine.



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