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THE SWEET-PEAS
To Frankie father gave
A packet of sweet-peas,
And let him have some ground
Beside the cherry-trees.
How often did we see
The busy boy afar
At his L and A and B
And O and U and R!
A packet of sweet-peas,
And let him have some ground
Beside the cherry-trees.
How often did we see
The busy boy afar
At his L and A and B
And O and U and R!
When all the peas were set,
And told to grow up strong,
The child began to fret
Because they took so long.
At last, as hope grew less,
Poor Frankie had to cry
In his D and I and S
And M and A and Y.
And told to grow up strong,
The child began to fret
Because they took so long.
At last, as hope grew less,
Poor Frankie had to cry
In his D and I and S
And M and A and Y.
But when the sweet-peas came
With greeny-whitey tips,
They had a darling name
Upon their baby lips.
Then Frankie's eyes with glee
Kept twinkling like a star
At the M and O and T
And H and E and R.
With greeny-whitey tips,
They had a darling name
Upon their baby lips.
Then Frankie's eyes with glee
Kept twinkling like a star
At the M and O and T
And H and E and R.
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