A little book of tribune verse A number of hitherto uncollected poems, grave and gay |
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A TRIP TO TOY-LAND. |
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A TRIP TO TOY-LAND.
And how do you get to Toy-land?
To all little people the joy-land?
Just follow your nose
And go on tip-toes,
It's only a minute to Toy-land.
To all little people the joy-land?
Just follow your nose
And go on tip-toes,
It's only a minute to Toy-land.
And oh! but it's gay in Toy-land,
This bright, merry, girl-and-boy-land,
And woolly dogs white
That never will bite
You'll meet on the highways in Toy-land.
This bright, merry, girl-and-boy-land,
And woolly dogs white
That never will bite
You'll meet on the highways in Toy-land.
Society's fine, in Toy-land,
The dollies all think it a joy-land,
And folks in the ark
Stay out after dark
And tin soldiers regulate Toy-land.
The dollies all think it a joy-land,
And folks in the ark
Stay out after dark
And tin soldiers regulate Toy-land.
There's fun all the year, in Toy-land,
To sorrow 'twas ever a coy-land;
And steamers are run,
And steam cars, for fun,
They're wound up with keys down in Toy-land.
To sorrow 'twas ever a coy-land;
And steamers are run,
And steam cars, for fun,
They're wound up with keys down in Toy-land.
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Bold jumping-jacks thrive in Toy-land;
Fine castles adorn this joy-land;
And bright are the dreams
And sunny the beams
That gladden the faces in Toy-land.
Fine castles adorn this joy-land;
And bright are the dreams
And sunny the beams
That gladden the faces in Toy-land.
How long do you live in Toy-land?
This bright, merry, girl-and-boy-land?
A few days, at best,
We stay as a guest,
Then good-bye, forever, to Toy-land!
This bright, merry, girl-and-boy-land?
A few days, at best,
We stay as a guest,
Then good-bye, forever, to Toy-land!
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