<h2><SPAN name="ALICES_SUPPER" id="ALICES_SUPPER">ALICE’S SUPPER</SPAN></h2>
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<span class="upper">Far</span> down in the meadow the wheat grows green,<br/>
And the reapers are whetting their sickles so keen;<br/>
And this is the song that I hear them sing,<br/>
While cheery and loud their voices ring:<br/>
“’Tis the finest wheat that ever did grow!<br/>
And it is for Alice’s supper, ho! ho!”<br/></p>
<p>Far down in the valley the old mill stands,<br/>
And the miller is rubbing his dusty white hands;<br/>
And these are the words of the miller’s lay,<br/>
As he watches the millstones a-grinding away:<br/>
“’Tis the finest flour that money can buy,<br/>
And it is for Alice’s supper, hi! hi!”<br/><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>Downstairs in the kitchen the fire doth glow,<br/>
And Maggie is kneading the soft white dough,<br/>
And this is the song that she’s singing to-day,<br/>
While merry and busy she’s working away:<br/>
“’Tis the finest dough, by near or by far,<br/>
And it is for Alice’s supper, ha! ha!”<br/></p>
<p>And now to the nursery comes Nannie at last,<br/>
And what in her hand is she bringing so fast?<br/>
’Tis a plate full of something all yellow and white,<br/>
And she sings as she comes with her smile so bright:<br/>
“’Tis the best bread-and-butter I ever did see!<br/>
And it is for Alice’s supper, he! he!”<br/></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</SPAN></span></p>
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