WHEN WE WENT OUT WITH GRANDMAMMA. |
When we went out with Grandmamma— Mamma said for a treat— Oh, dear, how stiff we had to walk As we went down the street. | One on each side we had to go, And never laugh or loll; I carried Prim, her Spaniard dog, And Tom—her parasol. | |
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If I looked right—if Tom looked left— "Tom—Susan—I'm ashamed; And little Prim, I'm sure, is shocked, To hear such naughties named." | She said we had no manners, If we ever talked or sung; "You should have seen," said Grandmamma, "Me walk, when I was young." She told us—oh, so often— How little girls and boys, In the good days when she was young, Never made any noise. | She said they never wished then To play—oh, indeed! They learnt to sew and needlework, Or else to write and read. She said her mother never let Her speak a word at meals; "But now," said Grandmamma, "you'd think That children's tongues had wheels | "So fast they go—clack, clack, clack, clack; Now listen well, I pray, And let me see you both improve From what I've said to-day." | | [16]
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