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CHERRY PIE by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY

First Line: O CHERRY PIE! A SONG FOR THEE!
Last Line: OWE CHERRY PIE.
Subject(s): CHERRIES; FOOD & EATING; FRUIT;
OCHERRY pie! A song for thee!
Let not the crusts close-wedded be,
But puffed and flaky, plumped with meat,
And all the red heart dripping sweet
With luscious oozings syrupy.

Ah! that's the cherry pie for me!
I'll want two "helpin's;" maybe three --
Who ever got enough to eat
O' cherry pie?

What odds if in our dreams we see
Nightmares and goblins? We'll agree,
Though Pain usurp Joy's earlier seat,
No collywobs can quite defeat
The gustatory pleasures we
Owe cherry pie.



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