Learning to Go Alone

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Learning to Go Alone by Ann Taylor

 Come, my darling, come away,
Take a pretty walk to-day; 
Run along, and never fear,
I'll take care of baby dear: 
Up and down with little feet,
That's the way to walk, my sweet. 

Now it is so very near,
Soon she'll get to mother dear. 
There she comes along at last: 
Here's my finger, hold it fast: 
Now one pretty little kiss,
After such a walk as this.

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