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THE BABY I LOVE.
   THIS is the baby I love!
The baby that cannot talk;
   The baby that cannot walk;
The baby that just begins to creep;
The baby that's cuddled and rocked to sleep;
   Oh, this is the baby I love!

   This is the baby I love!
   The baby that's never cross;
   The baby papa can toss;
The baby that crows when held aloft;
The baby that's rosy and round and soft
   Oh, this is the baby I love!

   This is the baby I love!
   The baby that laughs when I peep
   To see is it still asleep;
The baby that coos and frowns and blinks
When left alone—as it sometimes thinks;
   Oh, this is the baby I love!

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