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My own mamma! / / My dear mamma! / / How happy I shall be, / / To-morrow night / / At candle light, / / When she comes home to me.
'Tis just a week, / / Since on my cheek, / / She pressed a parting kiss, / / It seems like two, / / I never knew, / / So long a week as this.