<h2 id="c11">AFTER THE SNOW STORM.</h2>
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<p class="t0">Chick-a-dee-dee, chick-a-dee-dee,</p>
<p class="t">Tell me where were you</p>
<p class="t0">When last night the white snow drifted</p>
<p class="t">And the north wind blew?</p>
<p class="t0">Chick-a-dee-dee, chick-a-dee-dee,</p>
<p class="t">Bonny little bird!</p>
<p class="t0">Come anear my window, let me</p>
<p class="t">Whisper you a word:</p>
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<p class="t0">If you’ll stay with me all winter,</p>
<p class="t">Chick-a-dee-dee-dee,</p>
<p class="t0">Apple-cores and crumbs I’ll give you;</p>
<p class="t">Best of friends we’ll be;</p>
<p class="t0">You shall sit among the branches</p>
<p class="t">Of the lilac tree,</p>
<p class="t0">Sit and sing anear my window,</p>
<p class="t">Chick-a-dee-dee-dee.</p>
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<p class="t0">Glad indeed I’ll be to see you;</p>
<p class="t">Promise me you’ll stay,</p>
<p class="t0">Food and shelter I shall find you</p>
<p class="t">For the winter day;</p>
<p class="t0">And in spring I’ll give you, dearest</p>
<p class="t">Chick-a-dee-dee-dee,</p>
<p class="t0">For your nesting-place and bower,</p>
<p class="t">All my lilac tree!</p>
<p class="lr">—Mary Grant O’Sheridan, in the Chicago Tribune.</p>
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