The Hickory Limb

TO MARTHA

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["I don't care what she says! I'm going!"]	[13]
["Dare you to come in swimmin'! Dare you to come in swimmin'!"]	[25]
[Eddie Grote was in a tight place]	[37]
["Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"]	[41]

Mother, may I go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,
And don't go near the water.