Oh! This is a happy, beautiful world!
My heart is light and gay;
The birds in the trees sing blithely to me
And I'm six years old to-day.
Yes, six, and father has bought me a book,
And mother, the sweetest doll,
All dressed in white with blue eyes bright,
And the nicest hat and shawl.
My kitty sat quietly near the fire
As Dolly and I came by;
Miss Dolly bowed, and pussy meowed,
And opened her yellow eye.
Ah me! if Kit could only talk,
And Dolly could but chat,
We'd social be as any three--
Talk, sing, and all of that.
I dressed all up in grandma's cap,
And put on her glasses too;
"Why, Grandma!" I said, as I looked at myself,
"I'm almost as old as you."
My mother softly kissed my cheek,
And then she blessed me too,
Praying that I, as years went by,
Might be as good and true.
My birthday song is a merry one,
And my heart is warm and light;
Kind father, mother, and dear grandma,
Sweet dolly and pussy, good night.