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Robert W Service - BalloonRobert W Service - Balloon
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I bought my little grandchild Ann          A bright balloon, And I was such a happy man          To hear her croon. She laughed and babbled with delight,          So gold its glow, As by a thread she held it tight,          Then—let it go. As if it gloried to be free          It climbed the sky; But oh how sorrowful was she,          And sad was I! And when at eve with sobbing cry          She saw the moon, She pleaded to the pensive sky          For her balloon. O Little One, I pray that you          In years to be, Will hold a tiny baby too,          And know its glee; That yours will always be the thrill          And joy of June, And that you never, never will          Cry for the moon.
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