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1787–1860

SONG FOR AN INFANT SCHOOL.

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Children go To and fro, In a merry, pretty row, Footsteps light,

Faces bright; ‘ Tis a happy sight. Swiftly turning round and round, Do not look upon the ground.

Follow me, Full of glee, Singing merrily. Birds are free,

So are we; And we live as happily. Work we do, Study too,

For we learn “twice two”; Then we laugh, and dance, and sing, Gay as birds or any thing. Follow me,

Full of glee, Singing merrily. Work is done, Play's begun;

Now we have our laugh and fun. Happy days, Pretty plays, And no naughty ways.

Holding fast each other's hand, We're a little happy band; Follow me, Full of glee,

Singing merrily.

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