A little book of tribune verse A number of hitherto uncollected poems, grave and gay |
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I CANNOT SING THE OLD SONGS. |
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I CANNOT SING THE OLD SONGS.
I cannot sing the old songsI sang long years ago,
And yet I cannot say I'm sad
That time hath changed us so,
For when I used to sing those songs,
My Papa blankety blanked,
And Mama took me on her knee
And I, alas! was spanked.
November 29th, 1882.
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