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Show WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (St. Nocholas.) If you were a little girl again, ' Mother Mahone, Mahone, What would you do the long, long day, Playing alone, alone? If I were a little girl aeain, Nora, my own, my own. With just one long, long sunny day To play alone, alone. If I were a little girl again, And fairy folk were true. If paper dolls had human hearts, And all the world were new, Ah, listen, listen, little one, I'll whisper what I'd do: To the violet's lips I'd put my ear The secret of its sweetness; I'd search beneath the fungus shelves For glimpses of goblins, gnomes or elves; I'd run a race with the laughing brook, Or chase it" to some witch-kept nook. Whose sDell would stay its fleetneess. I'd hide in the haunt of the mocking bird Till I learned its melody word for word; Full length upon the moss I'd lie, Content beneath the changing sky In that one day's completeness. If I were a little girl again, Even as you, as you, If fairv folk were truly folk, And all the world were new, Td just be happy, little .one. Till the long, long day' was through. |