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a welcome to baby.

A Welcome to Baby.
Welcome! thrice welcome,
Sweet flower of May,
Thy coming we hail
With gladness to-day.
With hearts full of joy,
Gaily we sing,
Welcome! thrice welcome,
Wee blossom of spring.

Dear little flow'ret
So fragile and fair,
Coming to blossom
In a world full of care.
God ever keep thee
From sorrow and strife;
God shield thee ever
From the rough blasts of life.

Fond hearts are yearning
Thee to behold,
Loving arms longing
Thy form to enfold.
Loving lips bless thee
And tenderly say,
God bless our baby!
Our flower of May.