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Rock A Bye, Babies

by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

"Rock a bye, babies,
Your cradle hangs high;
Soft down your pillow,
Your curtain the sky.
Father will feed you,
While mother will sing,
And shelter our darlings
With her warm wing."




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