MY BED IS LIKE A BOAT.
My.bed is'like a little'boat;'. . "Nurse helps mo in when I embark; She.girds me in my sailor's coat,.' ; Ana starts me' in the dark. ?-
.'At night: I go on board and "say " ,Good night to all/raj; friends on "shore', I shut my eyes and sail away, .And see: and .'hear no more. • :
'And fometimes' things'to'bed Itake, As prudent sailors have to do; , Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake,' -. Perhaps a ; ; toy : or two. 1 < -
"Ail night across the dark we -steer; -But when tiie- day returns at' last, Safo in my room, beside ; tho' pier, , : .I:find "my vessel fast. - ;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 November 1907, Page 3
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103MY BED IS LIKE A BOAT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 November 1907, Page 3
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