Babyhood

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Babyhood</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> from: Little Wandersongs</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Baby's gone a-wandering,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But not so very far;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>he's only off in dreamland,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Where all the fairies are.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>He's gone away to dreamland</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Upon the by-lo train,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And when his slumber's over</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>He'll wander back again.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Baby's gone a-wandering</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(The restless little thing)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>To watch the trolls that caper</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Before the goblin king.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The lure-o'-dreams has won him</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And led him on and on</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>To purple, poppy meadows</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And castles of the dawn.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Baby's gone a-wandering,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But he will find his way</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Back again to mother</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And all his toys and play.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Baby's gone to dreamland,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But dreams were ever frail,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And he will break their magic</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And strike the homeward trail.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in:  </I><A HREF="woman_s_world.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Womans World"><U><I>Woman's World magazine</I></U></A><I>, February 1914</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>---</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>