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1. What will the birds do, mother, in the spring
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the little brown birds around the door ?
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Will they fly from the trees and tap at my window,
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asking why Joe wanders out no more ?
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2. What will the kitten do, mother, all alone,
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will it stop from its frolics for a day ?
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Will it lie on its rug by the side of my bed,
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as it did before I went away ?
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3. Keep Tige, dearest mother, my poor little dog,
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for I know that he'll miss me, too,
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keep him when old and useless he grows,
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sleeping all the long summer through.
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4. Show him my coat, mother, so he'll not forget
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little master who will then be dead,
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speak to him kindly and often of Joe,
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and pat him on his curly head.
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5. What will Thomas, the old gardener, say,
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when you ask him for a flower for me ?
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Will he give you a rose he has tended with care,
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the first, fairest bloom of the tree ?
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6. And you, dearest mother, will miss me for a while,
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though in heaven I'll larger grow,
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any kind angel will tell you at the gate,
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when you ask for your darling Little Joe.