Borrowing the Baby
'Good mornm'. My ma sent me To Mt you how you was, An' hope you're well— you know 'at is Tb' way she allus does. My on- ebe srz, you're strangers, But then she kind o' thought! Shb'd like to borry th 1 baby 'Ab you folkses .'as got. 'My ma sits by th' winder An' watohes you an' him, An' kind o* smiles an' cries to wunat, 'Cause he's like Baby Jim. Who's Jim ? Ho was our biby — We named him after pa. Say, o'o we borrow your baby A little while for ma ? 'My ma she sez she wouldu'o Mind if your baby cried. She sez 't 'd be like music— Since little Jim has died. She s«z she'll be good to him, An' she'd like a whole lot If we on borry the baby 'At you folkses 'aB got.'
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Southland Times, Issue 14788, 3 November 1900, Page 1 (Supplement)
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145Borrowing the Baby Southland Times, Issue 14788, 3 November 1900, Page 1 (Supplement)
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