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Jingles

Chapter 2: A Christmas Wish For All My Friends
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A compact anthology of short rhymes and playful verse written in early childhood and arranged by the ages at which they were composed. The pieces use a childlike voice to render animal songs, holiday verses, riddles, light moral observations, and wordplay, occasionally experimenting with other languages and invented turns of phrase. Humorous sketches and simple portraits of daily life alternate with fanciful imaginings, and lively illustrations accompany the poems to emphasize their spontaneous charm and the development of a young poet’s imagination.

A Christmas Wish
For All My Friends

While Christmas bells are chiming, oh, may there come to you
A dear sweet little fairy, who's always good and true;
The little HAPPY FAIRY, who drives away dull care,
And makes all things upon the earth seem ever bright and fair.
She'll whisper to good Santa to bring what you most wish;
So if you have been longing for a fine pudding dish,
He will not, as in by-gone years, forget and bring to you
Something that you do not want, though beautiful and new.
The HAPPY FAIRY'S MAGIC is in this wondrous leaf,
Which drives away all "bogies," and banishes all grief;
So if you would be happy, wealthy, wise and well.
Kiss the MAGIC WISHING LEAF from HAPPY FAIRY'S DELL.