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FUN AT GRANDMAMA'S
One Christmas day at Grandmama's, we all dressed up, for fun;And sat in a line and called them in to look when we were done.
We never laughed a single time, but sat in a solemn row.
Tommy was Queen Elizabeth, and Jane wore an Alsace bow.
Freddy was bound to be a nun (though he did n't look it a bit!)
And Katy made a Welsh-woman's hat and sat down under it.
Sister was Madame de Maintenon, or some such Frenchy dame;
And Jack had a Roman toga on, and took a classic name.
As for poor me, I really think I came out best of all,
Though I had n't a thing for dressing up, 'cept Dinah's bonnet and shawl.
Well, Grandma laughed, and Grandpa laughed, and all admired the show,—
I wish I 'd seen us sitting there, so solemn, in a row!
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