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 'O, Mary loves the lamb, you know,'

The Teacher did reply;—

'And you each gentle animal

In confidence may bind,

And make them follow at your call,

If you are always kind.'

I have learned my lesson,

And mother said

She would give me a kiss

When I went to bed—

I do not want sugar-plums,

Candy and cake,

They make my mind dull,

And my head to ache.

My mother's sweet kiss

Is my best reward—

To gain her smile