Bessies Song To Her Doll

Matilda Jane, you never

At any toy or picture-book.

I show you pretty things in

You must be blind,

Matilda Jane!

I ask you riddles, tell you tales,

But all our conversation fails.

You never answer me againI fear you're dumb,

Matilda Jane!

Matilda darling, when I call,

You never seem to hear at all.

I shout with all my might and

But you're so deaf,

Matilda Jane!

Matilda Jane, you needn't mind,

For, though you're deaf and dumb and blind,

There's some one loves you, it is

And that is me,

Matilda Jane!