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oh, molly dear!

Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
 Thy life seems a brig:ht dream,
And thou hast much in life to cheer
 Thy passage down life's stream.
Oh! may thy young heart never know
One half this bosom's share of woe.

Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
 May blessings on thee light;
And may thy every smile and tear
 Be like the rainbow light.
And thou art blessed if thou canst know
No deeper shade of grief or woe.

Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
 No parent's love hast thou;
But I will watch each smile and tear,
 And shadow on thy brow.
And pray that we may be for ever
Entwined in heart and soul together.

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