Play-Time
Lillie, put
Your work away,
Now ’tis time
To go and play.
You have been
So good to-day,
You’ll be happy
When you play.
Baby’s First Steps
Baby, darling,
Do not fear,
Move those little
Feet, my dear;
Don’t stand waiting
There so long;
You are growing
Very strong.
Here he comes,
Oh, that’s the way!
Nurse, I know
Mamma will say,
When she comes home, Why, how you talk!
Is baby learning how to walk?
Try again,
Little pet,
You have not
Fallen yet;
Here she comes;
Look, nurse, look!
All alone,
Three steps she took.
When papa
Comes home to-night,
It will give him
Great delight;
And he will say, Why, how you talk!
Are you sure the child can walk?
Nurse, I love
Our baby so,
I must teach her
All I know.
That’s not much,
Papa would say,
He laughs at me
Most every day,
Because I’m old
Enough to read,
Oh dear! that’s very
Hard indeed.
But, baby, we will not stop to talk,
We are going out doors to teach you to walk.