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| OUR PRECIOUS ANGEL OUR LITTLE PRECIOUS ANGEL SHE COULD NOT STAY LONG ENOUGH TO STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY THAN FORCE YOU TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SHOW IN A GLIMPSE HOW WONDERFUL LIFE CAN BE AND HOW NO WEALTH OR WORLDLY GOOD COULD TAKE THE PLACE OF THEE LITTLE ANGEL IN A CLOUD LOOKING DOWN UPON HER FAMILY AND FEELING FOREVER PROUD THAT FOR A TIME HOWEVER SHORT SHE HAD THE CHANCE TO BE OUR LITTLE PRECIOUS ANGEL SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE |
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| THE LENT CHILD I'LL LEND YOU FOR A LITTLE TIME A CHILD OF MINE HE SAID FOR YOU TO LOVE WHILE SHE LIVES AND MOURN WHEN SHE IS DEAD IT MAY BE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OR TWENTY TWO OR THREE BUT WILL YOU TILL I CALL HER BACK TAKE CARE OF HER FOR ME SHE'LL BRING HER CHARMS TO GLADDEN YOU AND SHALL HER STAY BE BRIEF YOU'LL HAVE HER LOVELY MEMORIES AS SOLACE FOR YOUR GRIEF I CANNOT PROMISE THAT SHE'LL STAY SINCE ALL ON EARTH RETURN BUT THERE ARE LESSON TAUGHT DOWN THERE I WANT HIS CHILD TO LEARN I'VE LOOKED THE WIDE WORLD OVER IN MY SEARCH FOR TEACHERS TRUE AND FROM THE THRONGS THAT CROWD LIFES LANE SHE HAS SELECTED YOU NOW WILL YOU GIVE HER ALL YOUR LOVE NOR THINK THE LABOR VAIN NOR HATE ME WHEN I COME TO CALL TO BRING HER HOME AGAIN I FANCIED THAT I HEARD THEM SAY DEAR LORD THY WILL BE DONE FOR ALL THE JOY THE CHILD WILL BRING THE RISK OF GRIEF WILL RUN WE'LL SHELTER HER WITH TENDERNESS WE'LL LOVE HER WHILE WE MAY AND FOR THE HAPPINESS WE'VE KNOW WILL EVER GRATEFUL STAY BUT SHALL THE ANGELS CALL FOR HER MUCH SOONER THAN WE PLANNED WE'LL BRAVE THE BITTER GRIEF AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND |
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| BABY CASTLE IN A BABY CASTLE JUST BEYOND YOUR EYE MY BABY PLAYS WITH ANGEL TOYS THAT MONEY CAN NOT BUY WHO AM I TO WISH HER BACK INTO THIS WORLD OF STRIFE NO, PLAY ON MY BABY YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AT NIGHT WHEN ALL IS SILENT AND SLEEP FORSAKES MY EYES I'LL HEAR HER TINY FOOTSTEPS COME RUNNING TO MY SIDE HER LITTLE HANDS CARESS ME SO TENDERLY AND SWEET I'LL BREATHE A PRAYER AND CLOSE MY EYES AND EMBRACE HER IN MY SLEEP NOW I HAVE A TREASURE THAT I RATE ABOVE ALL OTHERS I HAVE KNOWN TRUE GLORY FOR I AM STLL HER MOTHER |
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