Play, baby, in thy cradle play--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And quick goes time, quick, quick!
Grow, baby, grow, with every day--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And babyhood will pass away,
For quick goes time, quick, quick!
Not long can mother watch thee so--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And quick goes time, quick, quick!
To pretty girlhood thou wilt grow--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
To womanhood, before we know,
For quick goes time, quick, quick!
Play, baby, in thy cradle play--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And quick goes time, quick, quick!
And some brave lad will come some day--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And steal my baby's heart away:
Ah, quick goes time, quick, quick!
[Illustration]
Charley Bangs is a nice boy, but it was not right of him to take his big
dog Towser to school when he heard the teacher was going to give him a
flogging-- And then to say he was afraid to send the dog home because it
was so vicious, and might turn on him, and bite him!
_TO THE READERS OF_ HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
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