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Show Show us, good shop man, we've " come here to buy. "Pennies buy puppies and ponies and cats, Pennies buy cradles and dishes and mats, Pennies buy books that have pictures pic-tures galore, Tell us good shopman, what you have in store." "My, oh my, my !" says the shopman shop-man to us, "My head Is a-whlrling with all of this fuss. In my 6hop I've none of those things that you name, I guess you'll be sorry that you ever came. "I've smiles that Tve taken from - children for pay, Tve laughter that rings In my ears all the day, I've memories, too, of the dear little lit-tle tots Who've stopped here to ask me the whys and the whats. "Pennies buy bread for the children chil-dren to eat, Pennies buy stockings to wear on their feet, Pennies buy coal that will keep people warm, Pennies buy shelter from storm and from harm. "Now if you've a penny or two or three, And don't mind a bit of advice from me, Don't purchase the things that are usually sold, That shatter and break and quick ly grow old, "For pennies buy smiles when they're given away, And thoughts that are pleasant for many a day. Pennies buy double their value and worth When spent on another for gladness glad-ness and mirth." "Hurrah I You've a penny or two or three And I have a penny belonging to me, IF I HAD A PENNY If you had a penny or two or three And I had a penny belonging to me We'd go up to town where the things are sold And speak to a shop man in terms quite bold: "Pennies buy marbles and candy and tops, Pennies buy engines that whistle at stops, Pennies buy crackers for Fourth of July |