Hamill, Katharine Forrest · New York, Platt & Peck Co · leaf 93
es, when Im very good, he takes His uniform and puts it on for me ;As he slings oer my shoulder the old canteenI ride right into battle on his knee. V Sf **-. Dick takes the pistol and lets on to shoot,And then I grab the sabre, sharp and large, And Granddad in the old blue sol-dier suit Plays that… … The Merry Little Fellow Theres a merry little fellow passes by my door each dayAnd I try to arrange it, if I can,To be daily there to greet him, if it only be to say Good morrow to my brave littleman. II I mostly hear him coining ; if I dont, I know, you see,Just about what time he will be…
Children's poetry, American
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