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And here's the handle of a cup
That somebody has broke at tea:
The shell's a hole in it, von see;
Nobody knows that I have dot it,
I keep it safe here in my pottct,

And here’s my ball, too, in my pottet,
And here’s my pennies, one, two, three.
That aunt Mary gave to me;
To-morrow day I'll buy a spade
When I ’m out walking wiLh the maid.
I can’t put dat here in my pottet,
But I can use it when I've dot it.

Here’s some more sin^ in my potlet\
Here’s my lead, and here’s my string,
And once I had an iron ring.
But through a hole it lost one day ;
And here is what 1 always say—
A hole’s the worst sin’ in a pottet— -
Have it mended when you’ve dot it,

HOW ME DOES IT.

H E comes right down the chimney
When the Christmas bells are rung.
When little folks arc fast asleep,
And stockings all are hung,
A ll loaded down with pretty things,
With guns and dolls and drums ■
So be sure and hang your stockings
Where lie'll see ’em when he comes.

You might hear him swiftly coming,
Riding on the winter blast,