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First Line: I'm twins, I guess, 'cause my ma say
Last Line: "an' good little girl's comed back to stay."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Girls; Mothers; Twins; Childhood


I'M twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say
I'm two little girls. An' one o' me
Is Good little girl; an' th' other 'n' she
Is Bad little girl as she can be!
An' Ma say so, 'most ever' day.

An' she's the funniest Ma! 'Cause when
My Doll won't mind, and I ist cry,
W'y, nen my Ma she sob an' sigh,
An' say, "Dear Good little girl, good-by! --
Bad little girl's comed here again!"

Last time 'at Ma act' thataway,
I cried all to myse'f a while
Out on the steps, an' nen I smile,
An' git my Doll all fix' in style,
An' go in where Ma's at, an' say:
Morning to you, Mommy dear!
Where's that Bad little girl wuz here?
Bad little girl's goned clean away,
An' Good little girl's comed back to stay."





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