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THE FIRST OF MAY by ANNETTE WYNNE

First Line: IF I COULD STAY UP LATE NO DOUBT
Last Line: I'D CATCH THE BUDS JUST BURSTING OUT.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; MAY (MONTH); CHILDHOOD;

IF I could stay up late no doubt
I'd catch the buds just bursting out;
And up from every hidden root
Would jump a tiny slender shoot;
I wonder how seeds learn the way,
They always know the very day—
The pretty, happy first of May;
If I could stay up then, no doubt
I'd catch the buds just bursting out.



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