DO YOU'?
I
AM
a youth of tender years,
I strive to live aright;
I think I am an honest boy,
I aim to be polite.
Whatever's right and pure and good
I always try ·to do;
I do not swear, nor lie, nor cheat,
I do not smoke nor chew,–
Do you'?
From "Brave Boys and Girls,"
1880.
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