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C J Dennis - The Banana`s Lullaby
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When grandma wished to keep her fruit
   Her apples she would take
And put them on a bed of straw
   At rest, but wide awake;
But newer days have newer modes,
   And now, that it may keep,
They give an orange opiates
   And sing it off to sleep.

And they`re telling bedtime stories to bananas,
   And rocking little raspberries to rest.
They will dope an apple silly,
And it wakes in Piccadilly
   From a beauty sleep that makes it look its best.

It seems a heartless kind of trick
   To play on helpless pears;
To lull them off to slumberland
   And soothe their nervous cares,
Only to wake them up again,
   Weeks after, on a plate,
On the day of execution
   To announce their cruel fate.

But they`re telling bedtime stories to bananas,
   And putting plums to by-by on a ship,
And they never have a notion
They have been across the ocean,
   So they even miss the pleasure of the trip.
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