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This is the way we wash the clo'es / Free from dirt and smoke and clay!
Through and through the water flows, / Carries Ugly right away!
This is the way we bleach the clo'es: / Lay them out upon the green; / Through and through the sunshine goes, / Makes them white as well as clean!
This is the way we dry the clo'es: / Hang them on the bushes about; / Through and through the soft wind blows, / Draws and drives the wetness out!
Water, sun, and windy air / Make the clothes clean, white, and sweet / Lay them now in lavender / For the Sunday, folded neat!