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OUR DARLING, by                    
First Line: Bounding like a football
Last Line: That's our heart's delight.
Subject(s): Babies;football; Infants


BOUNDING like a football,
Kicking at the door;
Falling from the table-top,
Sprawling on the floor;
Smashing cups and saucers,
Splitting dolly's head;
Putting little pussy cat
Into baby's bed;
Building shops and houses,
Spoiling father's hat;
Hiding mother's precious keys
Underneath the mat;
Jumping on the fender,
Poking at the fire;
Dancing on his little legs, --
Legs that never tire;
Making mother's heart leap
Fifty times a day;
Aping everything we do,
Every word we say;
Shouting, laughing, tumbling,
Roaring with a will,
Anywhere and everywhere,
Never, never still;
Present -- bringing sunshine;
Absent -- leaving night;
That's our precious darling,
That's our heart's delight.





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