St Nicholas [serial] . A BACHELOR TEA. By Lilian Palmer Powers. Buffy s my dog — and every day we,With my three boy-dolls, take afternoon tea:Rob Roy is gay in his tartan plaid;Bobby Shafto s not bad, as a sailor-lad,And Jack — the midshipmite, trim and neat,Is under the table in lowly , as dolls are not really alive,Buffy and I have to eat for the five;But we play so hard and romp aboutThat both our appetites hold out;Sometimes we ve bread with our cambric tea,Sometimes nursey brings nice things to me;But if it s crackers, or just a bun,We eat it all up and have lots of wags
St Nicholas [serial] . A BACHELOR TEA. By Lilian Palmer Powers. Buffy s my dog — and every day we,With my three boy-dolls, take afternoon tea:Rob Roy is gay in his tartan plaid;Bobby Shafto s not bad, as a sailor-lad,And Jack — the midshipmite, trim and neat,Is under the table in lowly , as dolls are not really alive,Buffy and I have to eat for the five;But we play so hard and romp aboutThat both our appetites hold out;Sometimes we ve bread with our cambric tea,Sometimes nursey brings nice things to me;But if it s crackers, or just a bun,We eat it all up and have lots of wags his tail and smiles at me ;I tell him my secrets and pour the icbarb,
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