Who can that little girl be on the floor?
I think I remember her somewhere before.
Two round eyes and a little snub nose,
Two dimpled cheeks so fat and so red,
And a big paper cap on the top of her head;
Two curly earls like shells on each side,
A round little chin and mouth open wide;
Four little teeth just able to bite,
Two rosy lips one could kiss day and night;
Two sturdy legs just beginning to walk,
A sweet saucy tongue just beginning to talk.
Oh! who could she be? I wish I could tell;
She looks as though she knew me very well.
No greater rascal you’ll find anywhere.
Come, kiss me, my baby, and let me kiss you,
That’s the best thing for a baby to do.
Adapted from "Our Baby-Boy," in Happy Child Life: In Pictures, by Mrs Charles Heaton (1875).
I found this great book, and many other old children's books, in the Internet Archive's Children's Library: and incredible resource.
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