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GOLDIE GOODWIN
My old Uncle Sidney he says it's a signAll over the Worl', an' ten times out of nine,
He can tell by the name of a child ef the same
Is a good er bad youngun—ist knows by their name!—
So he says, “It's the vurry best sign in the Worl'
That Goldie Goodwin is a good little girl,”—
An' says, “First she's gold—then she's good—an' behold,
Good's 'bout 'leventy-hunnerd times better than gold!”
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