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Show A EOY'S MOTHER. . ("By James Whitconib Riley.) My mother she's so good to me, Ef 1 was good as I could be, I couldn't be as good no. sir Can't any boy be good as her! She loves me when I'm glad or sad: She loves me when I'm good or bad: An', what's a funniest thing, she says She loves me when she punishes. I don't like her to punish me That don't hurt but it hurts to see Her eryin' then I cry, an' then We both cry an' be good again. Slve loves me when she cuts and sews My little cloak an' Suml'y clothes; An' when my pa comes home to tea She loves him most as much as me. She laughs and tells him all I said. An' grabs me up an' pats my head, An" I hug her an' hug my pa. An' love him purt' nigh much as ma. |