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T:Your Baby Has Gone Down the Plughole
T:A Mother's Lament
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w: A mo-ther was ba-thing her ba-by one night The young-est of
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w:ten and a de-li-cate mite The mo-ther was poor and the ba-by was thin 'Twas
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w:nought but a skel-ing-ton co-vered in skin The mo-ther turn'd round for the soap off the
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w: rack She was on-ly a mo-ment but when she turn'd back the ba-by had gone and in
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w:an-guish she cried "Oh where is my ba-by" The an-gel re-plied "oh * your *
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w:ba-by has gone down the plug hole your ba-by has gone gown the plug Poor lit-tle
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w:thing was so skin-ny and thin that he should have been bathed in a jug in a jug Your
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w:ba-by is per-fect-ly hap-py He won't need a bath a-ny-more Cos he's muck-ing a-
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w:bout with the an-gels a-bove Not lost but gone be-fore.
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W: A mother was bathing her baby one night
W:The young-est of ten and a delicate mite
W:The mother was poor and the baby was thin
W:'Twas nought but a skelingTon covered in skin
W:The mother turn'd round for the soap off the rack
W:She was only a moment but when she turn'd back
W:the baby had gone and in anguish she cried
W:"Oh where is my baby" The angel replied
W:"oh your baby has gone down the plug hole
W:your baby has gone gown the plug
W:Poor little thing was so skinny and thin
W:that he should have been bathed in a jug
W:Your baby is perfectly happy
W:He won't need a bath anymore
W:Cos he's mucking about with the angels above
W:Not lost but gone before.
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