"Little Ella"

Little Ella brings a blessing
 With her gay and winning smile
With her frank and warm carressing
 And her prattle free from guile
 Let me
When I hear her footsteps bounding
 Oer the lea and through the grove
And her voice with joy resounding
 Tis the music that I love.
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Little Ella, like a fairy
 Ever moving every gay,
Little Ella light and airy
 Lends a brigtness to the day
I will seek her fond carressing
 I will make her cares my own
She will be to me a blessing
 When all other joys have flown

[at lower left, at an angle:]
John Critchley Prince