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THE RAGGEDY MAN ON CHILDREN
Childern—take 'em as they run—
You kin bet on, ev'ry one!—
Treat 'em right and reco'nize
Human souls is all one size.
You kin bet on, ev'ry one!—
Treat 'em right and reco'nize
Human souls is all one size.
Jevver think?—the world's best men
Wears the same souls they had when
They run barefoot—'way back where
All these little children air.
Wears the same souls they had when
They run barefoot—'way back where
All these little children air.
Heerd a boy, not long ago,
Say his parents sassed him so,
He'd correct 'em, ef he could,—
Then be good ef they'd be good.
Say his parents sassed him so,
He'd correct 'em, ef he could,—
Then be good ef they'd be good.
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