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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DUTCH-CUT, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! If I could only have
Last Line: Curls aren't stylish any more!
Subject(s): Children; Girls; Mothers; Childhood
First Line: Oh! If I could only have
Last Line: Curls aren't stylish any more!
Subject(s): Children; Girls; Mothers; Childhood
OH! If I could only have
Dutch-cut like the other girls!
Every time I ask for it
Mother says, "What! Spoil your curls?"
Then she wonders why I hide
In behind the parlour door,
She just simply won't believe
Curls aren't stylish any more!
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