The Twins 2


Little Jessie, Little Bessie,
Which is which, you'd never know;
If their snowy-ruffled night-caps,
Hadn't each a coloured bow.

So we call these precious babies,
Jessie Red, and Bessie Blue;
And we teach them to he loving,
Open-handed, kind and true.

Pretty, chubby blue-eyed darlings,
See the two together stand;
Bessie comes to Sister Jessie,
With an orange in each hand.

And she offers Jess the larger
Ah! how pleasant 'tis to see;
Twins so lovely, and so loving,
Live in sweetest amity.