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.~.
Be quiet, my mother would say to me
You know nothing of this world
I would frown and look quite mean
At these harsh and yet true words
.~.
My mother would never call me lady
Even as I'm old as eleven.
Only child, child and baby
And what could I do, dear heaven!
.~.
I know much, I would say
About this world I live in
Is it not better to say
Than you could ever imagine
.~.
And mother would pull my ears
You little and tiny as a teddy
I would cry bitter tears
Oh shut your mouth you baby
.~.
Now I'm as old as thirty
Years have gone by and by
I look at my little baby
Who's as old as was I
.~.
Be quiet, I said to her
You know nothing of the world you live in
Why girl, its far much bigger
Than you could ever imagine
.~.
I heard her say, dear heaven
The long forgotten true words
I remembered myself eleven
My mother, telling those words
.~.
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