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The Baby's Dance

Ann Taylor 1782 (Islington) – 1866



Dance little baby, dance up high,
Never mind baby, mother is by;
Crow and caper, caper and crow,
There little baby, there you go;
Up to the ceiling, down to the ground,
Backwards and forwards, round and round;
Dance little baby, and mother shall sing,
With the merry coral, ding, ding, ding.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 292
Words 54
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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