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WEBSTER'S LITTLE FOLKS' SPEAKER.

GOOD FOR SOMETHING.

ANON.

[Speak in as natural a way as you can.

"Good for nothing little son,"

Papa calls me, just for fun;

But I've heard my mother say

I'm good for something all the day.

Good to clatter up the room;

Good to ride outside the broom;
Good to tip the basket o'er

And roll the spools about the floor.

Good to pull the baby's hair

And make a horse of every chair;
Good to tumble on the floor

And shut poor fingers in the door.

Good to wear out little shoes
And mamma's pretty thimble lose;
Good dear grandpa's specs to hide
And on his foot to take a ride.

Good, before I go to sleep,

To pray the Lord my soul to keep,
And ask him if he'll bless mamma
And baby sister, and papa.

Good to wake up with the day,
And good to study, good to play.
Tell me, ere I make my bow,
Ain't I good for something, now?

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