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Home songs for little people (1872)

New York, American Tract So'y · leaf 109

An illustration from Home songs for little people, 1872, leaf 109 — e meUpon the stream, you know. Well, lamb, if I m in error, I know you ve done me wrong;A slandrous tale last winter, I suffered from it long;And, when I made inquiry, Found you the lie had told. Why, wolf, a lie last winter! Im only four w^eeks old! The lamb, so mild replying, Had proved the wolf… … DAME DUCK;g FIR5T LE3?ONg. OLD Mother Duck has hatched a broodOf ducklings, small and callow ; Their little wings are short, their downIs mottled gray and yellow. Close by the margin of the brookThe old duck made her nest, Of straw and leaves and withered grass,And down from her own breast. HOME…

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