| A Good Play |
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We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs, And filled it full of soft pillows To go a-sailing on the billows. |
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We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails; And Tom said, "Let us also take An apple and a slice of cake;"-- Which was enough for Tom and me To go a-sailing on, till tea. |
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We sailed along for days and days,
And had the very best of plays; But Tom fell out and hurt his knee, So there was no one left but me. |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
| The Lamplighter |
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My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky.
It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. |
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Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea,
And my papa's a banker and as rich as he can be; But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I'm to do, O Leerie, I'll go round at night and light the lamps with you! |
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For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more; And oh! before you hurry by with ladder and with light; O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night! |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
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