Bib Ballads

<h3><SPAN name="MY_BABYS_GARDEN" id="MY_BABYS_GARDEN"></SPAN>MY BABY'S GARDEN</h3> <div class="cpoem"> <p>My baby has a garden,<br/> "Planted" four days ago,<br/> And nearly half his waking hours<br/> He spends among his precious flowers<br/> With sprinkling can and hoe.<br/> <br/> My baby has a garden,<br/> And Oh, how proud he is<br/> When, yielding to his pleading, we<br/> Lay work aside and go to see<br/> This masterpiece of his!<br/> <br/> Behold my baby's garden,<br/> Close by a rubbish pile!<br/> Look at the sprinkling can and hoe<br/> And flowers; then tell me if you know<br/> Whether to sigh or smile.<br/> <br/> The flowers in baby's garden,<br/> Flat on the ground they lie,<br/> Two hyacinths, a withered pair,<br/> Plucked from the pile of rubbish, where<br/> They had been left to die.<br/> <br/> The flowers in baby's garden,<br/> "Planted" four days ago,<br/> Grow every hour a sadder sight,<br/> Weaker and sicklier, in spite<br/> Of sprinkling can and hoe.<br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/034.jpg" width-obs="461" height-obs="600" alt="" title="decoration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />