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The Invisible Playmate

W. V. her Book & In Memory of W. V.: By William Canton

Canton, William (1845-1926)

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What shall we do to be rid of care?
Pack up her best clothes and pay her fare;

Pay her fare and let her go
By an early train to Jer-I-Cho.

There in Judæa she will be
Slumbering under a green palm-tree;

And the Arabs of the Desert will come round
When they see her lying on the ground,

And some will say, “Did you ever see
Such a remark-a-bil babee?”

And others, in the language the Arabs use,
“Nous n'avons jamais vu une telle papoose!”

And she will grow and grow; and then
She will marry a chief of the Desert men;

And he will keep her from heat and cold,
And deck her in silk and satin and gold—

With bangles for her feet and jewels for her hair,
And other articles that ladies wear!

So pack up her best clothes, and let her go
By an early train to Jer-I-Cho!

Pack up her best clothes, and pay her fare;
So we shall be rid of trouble and care!