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When Papa's sick, my goodness sakes! / Such awful, awful times it makes. / He speaks in, oh! such lonesome tones, / And gives such ghas'ly kind of groans, / And rolls his eyes and holds his head, / And makes Ma help him up to bed, / While Sis and Bridget run to heat / Hot-water bags to warm his feet, / And I must get the doctor _quick_, -- / We have to _jump_ when Papa's sick.
When Papa's sick Ma has to stand / Right 'side the bed and hold his hand, / While Sis, she has to fan an' fan, / For he says he's "a dyin' man," / And wants the children round him to / Be there when "sufferin' Pa gets through"; / He says he wants to say good-by / And kiss us all, and then he'll die; / Then moans and says his "breathin''s thick", -- / It's awful sad when Papa's sick.