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I Am Happy When I Do Right.

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How glad it makes me feel at night,         When sitting on my mother's knee,     To hear her whisper "You've done right,         And tried my gentle child to be."     But then I feel ashamed and sad         If I've been cross and disobeyed,     Or if my selfish way I've had         When I with other children played.     So if at night I'd call to mind         A day of undisturbed delight,     The only way that I can find         Is to be loving and do right.

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