TIME BRINGS CHANGES
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TIME BRINGS CHANGES
She sat down by the kitchen fire,
While munching bread and cheese;
With now and then a pancake hot,
Her hunger to appease.
While munching bread and cheese;
With now and then a pancake hot,
Her hunger to appease.
"Ah me! how good this is," she sighed
As a cookie she stowed away;
I would that I a lunch could have
Like this one every day!"—
As a cookie she stowed away;
I would that I a lunch could have
Like this one every day!"—
Next day her beau on her did call
To take her for a ride;
'Twas getting late—'twas nearly noon
When the mother her espied.
To take her for a ride;
'Twas getting late—'twas nearly noon
When the mother her espied.
And, anxious as all mammas are,
As to how her daughter fared;
Cried, "Just you wait a moment dear—
I've dinner all prepared.'
As to how her daughter fared;
Cried, "Just you wait a moment dear—
I've dinner all prepared.'
