Living

What Shall We Take to Boston?

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

What shall we take to Boston?
Tell me, my baby, pray,
We must take our eyes to see with,
And take our ears to hear with,
And take our feet to run with,
And take our arms to hug with,
And a how d'ye do?
How do you do?
And how are you all to-day?

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “What Shall We Take to Boston?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/168/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “What Shall We Take to Boston?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/168/.

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