HIS MOTHER'S WAY.(3)
"My Mamma just knows how to cry
About an old glove or a ring,
Or even a stranger going by
The gate, or—almost anything!
About an old glove or a ring,
Or even a stranger going by
The gate, or—almost anything!
"She cried till both her eyes were red
About him, too. (I saw her, though!)
And he was just a ———, Papa said.
(We have to call them that, you know.)
About him, too. (I saw her, though!)
And he was just a ———, Papa said.
(We have to call them that, you know.)
"She cried about the shabbiest shawl,
Because it cost too much to buy;
But Papa cannot cry at all,
For he's a man. And that is why!
Because it cost too much to buy;
But Papa cannot cry at all,
For he's a man. And that is why!
"Why, if his coat was not right new,
And if the yellow bird would die
That sings, and my white kitten too,
Or even himself, he would not cry.
And if the yellow bird would die
That sings, and my white kitten too,
Or even himself, he would not cry.
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