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A WALK TO MY OWN GRAVE.

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Keep the baby sweetly dressed,
And give him milk and give him toys;
Rock him, as I did, to his rest,
And never make any noise,
Brown-eyed girl and blue-eyed boys,
Until he wakes. Good-bye,
And—do not stop to cry!