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A PROSPECTIVE GLIMPSE
Janey PETTIBONE'S the best
Little girl an' purtiest
In this town! an' lives next door,
Up-stairs over their old store.
Little girl an' purtiest
In this town! an' lives next door,
Up-stairs over their old store.
Little Janey Pettibone
An' her Ma lives all alone,—
'Cause her Pa broke up, an' nen
Died 'cause they ain't rich again.
An' her Ma lives all alone,—
'Cause her Pa broke up, an' nen
Died 'cause they ain't rich again.
Little Janey's Ma she sews
Fer my Ma sometimes, an' goes
An' gives music-lessuns—where
People's got pianers there.
Fer my Ma sometimes, an' goes
An' gives music-lessuns—where
People's got pianers there.
But when Janey Pettibone
Grows an' grows, like I'm a-growin',
Nen I'm go' to keep a store,
An' sell things—an' sell some more—
Grows an' grows, like I'm a-growin',
Nen I'm go' to keep a store,
An' sell things—an' sell some more—
Till I'm ist as rich!—An' nen
Her Ma can be rich again,—
Ef I'm rich enough to own
Little Janey Pettibone!
Her Ma can be rich again,—
Ef I'm rich enough to own
Little Janey Pettibone!
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