StoryTitle("caps", "I Love You, Mother") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(69, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I love you, mother,\" said little John. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then, forgetting his work, his cap went on, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And he was off to the garden swing,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And left her the water and wood to bring.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I love you, mother,\" said rosy Nell—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I love you more than tongue can tell.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But she teased and pouted full half the day ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Till her mother was glad when she went to play.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I love you, mother,\" said little Fan; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"To-day I'll help you all I can;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "How glad I am that school doesn't keep.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So she rocked the baby till it fell asleep.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then slipping softly she took the broom ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And swept the floor and dusted the room. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Busy and happy all the day was she, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Helpful and cheerful as a child should be.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I love you, mother,\" again they said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Three little children going to bed.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "How do you think that mother guessed ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Which of them really loved her best?", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Joy Allison.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>