Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 82
They speak of the StrangerOnce laid in a manger,And tell of the saints who kept watch at hisside. Rock-a-bye, baby, on mothers broad back!The African baby shall ride pick-a-pack;His arms and his neck with beads she will deck, •And soundly he 11 sleep as they trudge on theirtrack. … Wh \ Rock-a-bye, babies, anear and afar! Where the soft breezes blow, or beneath the v A \\J j\ MA; north star;Eyes black, blue, or grayMust close every day,And the Sandman will find you wherever you are. V IN AFRICA.
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