Matilda Jane

Matilda Jane, you never look

At any toy or picture-book:

I show you pretty things in vain --

You must be blind, Matilda Jane!

I ask you riddles, tell you tales,

But all our conversation fails:

You never answer me again --

I fear you're dumb, Matilda Jane!

Matilda, darling, when I call,

You never seem to hear at all:

I shout with all my might and main --

but you're so deaf, Matilda Jane!

Matilda Jane, you needn't mind:

For, though you're deaf, and dumb, and blind,

There's some one loves you, it is plain --

And that is me, Matilda Jane!