Goodbye to the Ward
Little pale face crowned by auburn hair,
Gazing and gazing with sorrowful air;
Lying so wistful, pathetic, there —
Goodbye,goodbye !
And you little girl in the azure gown,
With two eyes looking up, and two lips drooping down,
With brow so white and tresses so brown,
Goodbye, goodbye !
Round rosy cheeks and tousled mop,
Lips that no-one from laughing can stop,
Here for you is a chocolate drop —
Goodbye, goodbye !
To you, big boy, with the ‘spectacled nose,
And you, big girl, with the pretty clothes,
And you, and you — and the cots in rows —
Goodbye, goodbye !
The big doll’s house with windows ten,
The rocking horse, the wooden men,
The blocks and toys, the railed-in pen —
Goodbye, goodbye !
Goodbye to nurse and sister,too;
Goodbye to bed and gown of blue;
Goodbye to all, goodbye to you —
Goodbye, goodbye !