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First she come to our house, / Tommy run and hid; / And Emily and Bob and me / We cried jus' like we did / When Mother died, -- and we all said / 'At we all wisht 'at we was dead!
And Nurse she couldn't stop us; / And Pa he tried and tried, -- / We sobbed and shook and wouldn't look, / But only cried and cried; / And nen some one -- we couldn't jus' / Tell who -- was cryin' same as us!
Our Stepmother! Yes, it was her, / Her arms around us all -- / 'Cause Tom slid down the banister / And peeked in from the hall. -- / And we all love her, too, because / She's purt' nigh good as Mother was!