Giant and the star : little annals in rhyme / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]
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Giant and the star : little annals in rhyme / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]
Author
Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914
Publication
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company
1909
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DILLY DALLY
I
THERE is a little girl I knowWho takes her time to come and go.If you should ask her please to hurry,She tries her best then to be slow:She gives her parents lots of worry;But she, she never worries — no. —Her name is Dilly Dally;But some folks call her "Gallie."From head to feetShe's never neat,But always shilly shally.
II
When it is time for her to rise,She won't get up, but lies and lies,Her head beneath the cover:Then down she comes with sleepy eyes,When breakfast-time is over;Uncombed, with shoes she never ties. —
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Her name is Dilly Dally;But some folks call her "Gallie."From head to feetShe's never neat,But always shilly shally.
III
When it is time to go to bed,She plays around or hangs her head,And mopes in some dark corner,And cries and wishes she were dead:No girl could be forlornerWhen off to bed at last she's led.—Her name is Dilly Dally;But some folks call her "Gallie."From head to feetShe's never neat,But always shilly shally.
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