Blackberry Girl
Part II
Part I In “Songs for Little Ones at Home”
“What have you in that basket, child?”
“They are blackberries, Miss, all picked to-day;
They’re very nice, and fully ripe;—Do
look at them, and taste them, pray.”
“Oh, yes, they are very nice indeed!
Here’s four-pence, that will buy a few,
Not quite so many as I could eat;
However, I must make them do.”
“No, Miss; but you must take the whole.”
“I can’t, indeed, my money’s spent;
I should be glad to buy them all,
But I have not another cent.
“And if you had a thousand, Miss,
I’d not accept of one from you;
Pray take them! they are all your own,
And take the little basket, too.
“Have you forgot that little girl
You last year gave a bonnet to?
You may, perhaps, but ever will
That little girl remember you.
“For ever since I’ve been to church,—
And much do I delight to go,—
For there I learned the way to heaven,
Which I so long had wished to know.
“One day I thought within myself,
That pretty basket Billy wove
I’ll fill with fruit for that dear Miss,
For sure ’t will be a work of love.
“And so, this morning, up I rose,
While yet the fields were wet with dew,
And picked the nicest I could find,
And brought them fresh and sweet to you.
“I know the gift is small, indeed,
For such a lady to receive;
But yet, I hope you’ll not refuse
All that poor Phebe has to give.”