Oh, it's thread and needle and thimble, too ;
It's wax and scissors and emery, too ;
Oh, wonderful, wonderful things I'll do,
With my thread and needle, and thimble, too.
I'll make a bag for my own mamma ;
I'll hem a 'kerchief for dear papa
;
And a doll I'll dress for our little. wee Bess,
With a frock and mantle and petticoat too.
Oh, it's cutting and basting, and hemming, too ;
It's stitching and felling and gathering,
There's really no end to the things I can do
With cutting and basting and gathering too.
And, oh, what pleasure to sing and sew,
And feel I am helping mamma, you know ;
And still more pleasure, beyond all measure
When work is finished and off I go.
Notes
From the NSW Newspaper Albury Banner and Wodonga Express 3 Apr 1914 p. 13.
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