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Favorite Doll - Hermann Kaulbach
The Doll's Funeral
by Will Allen Dromgorle
A descriptive reading for a little girl, from
"The Twentieth Century Speaker," 1899.
When my dolly died, when my dolly died,
I sat on the step and I cried and cried;
And I couldn't eat any jam and bread,
'Cause it didn't seem right when my doll was dead.
And Bridget was sorry as she could be,
For she patted my hand and "O," said she,
"To think that the pretty has gone and died!"
Then I broke out afresh and I cried and cried.
And all the dollies from all around
Came to see my dolly put under the ground;
There wa Luly Lee and Mary Clack
Brought their dolls over, all dressed in black;
And Emiline Hope and Sara Lou
Came over and brought their dollies, too,
And all the time I cried and cried,
'Cause it hurt me so when my dolly died.
We dressed her up in a new white gown,
With ribbons and laces all around;
And made her a coffin in a box
Where my brother keeps his spelling blocks;
And we had some prayers, and a funeral, too;
And our hymn was "The two little girls in Blue."
But for me, I only cried and cried,
'Cause it truly hurt when my dolly died.
We dug her a grave in the violet bed,
and planted violets at her head;
And we raised a stone and wrote quite plain,
"Here lies a dear doll who died of pain."
And then my brother, said he, "Amen,"
And we all went back to the house again,
But all the same I cried and cried,
Because I'd a right when my doll had died.
And then we had more jam and bread,
But I didn't eat, 'cause my doll was dead.'
But I tied some crape on my doll house door,
And then I stood and cried some more.
I couldn't be happy, don't you see!
Because the funeral belonged to me.
And then the others went home, and then
I went out and dug up my doll again.
Little Boy Blue
by Eugene Field
The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new,
And the soldier was passing fair,
And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
"Now, don't you go till I come," he said,
"And don't you make a noise!"
So toddling off to his trundle-bed
He dreamt of the pretty toys.
And as he was dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue,--
Oh, the years are many, the years are long,
But the little toy friends are ture!
Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch of a little hand,
The smile of a little face.
And they wonder, as waiting these long years through,
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them there.
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