Songs Every Child Should Know - online book

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	64 Songs That Every Child Should Know He 's got 'is little failin's, — which they 're spreadin' every day, — He 's a terror, and no error, when he does n't 'ave 'is way. But there ain't a nipper like 'im, — sich a kid was never grown! He 's the champion of the light-weights, — and 'e 's all our wery own. Ref. Sleep lightly, dream brightly, etc. It's 'is birthday in the mornin', — 'e '11 be just twelvemonth old, — So to-night I blewed some ooftish, the old gal won't dare to scold, 'Cos I spent it on a present for his artful little nibs. True, it only cost a penny, but it means more than the dibs. Ref. Sleep lightly, dream brightly, etc.
	Oft In The Stilly Night The devotion of Thomas Moore to his mother is one of the beautiful and well-known facts in Moore's delightful existence. Four thousand letters from him to his mother were found among his mother's effects upon her death.