“Oh, mother, do get him some stockings and shoes,

And a nice little frock, and a hat, if you choose;

I wish he’d come into the parlor and see

How warm we would make him, poor chick-a-de-dee.”

Chick-a-de-dee, etc.

“There is One, dear child, though I cannot tell who,

Has clothed me already, and warm enough too.

Good-morning! Oh, who are so happy as we?”

And away he went singing his chick-a-de-dee.

Chick-a-de-dee, etc.