Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 267
stowing close awayBaby wheat and rye in bed,So the children may be fed, So, so, so. Sew, sew, sew,So the mothers sew !Busy, busy, all the day,While the children are at play,Sewing, sewing fast away,So the children may have frocks,Trowsers, coats, and pretty socks, So, so, so, Sow, sew, so,So they… … N THAT one evening, Maudand Arthur were tired oftheir music lessons. It wasnot that they were either lazyor incapable, but they hadreached an era in their prac-ticing which comes at leastonce to every boy and girl,in studying piano music,when the work loses its flavor, and can be pushedfurther only…
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