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A Welcome to Baby.

Welcome! thrice welcome,
 Sweet flower of May,
Thy coming we hail
 With gladness to-day.
With hearts full of joy,
 Gaily we sing,
Welcome! thrice welcome,
 Wee blossom of spring.

Dear little flow'ret
 So fragile and fair,
Coming to blossom
 In a world full of care.
God ever keep thee
 From sorrow and strife;
God shield thee ever
 From the rough blasts of life.

Fond hearts are yearning
 Thee to behold,
Loving arms longing
 Thy form to enfold.
Loving lips bless thee
 And tenderly say,
God bless our baby!
 Our flower of May.