The Mother's Nursery Songs

by Thomas Hastings

THE APPEAL.

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Father, father, kiss thy child,
Hear my little song;
When my mother sweetly smil'd—
Who pass'd along?

Father, father, kiss thy child,
Thy affection prove;
When my mother sweetly smil'd
Her look was love.

Father, father, kiss thy child,
Do not make me cry:
When my mother sweetly smil'd,
Father pass'd me by.