Your dolls will look
so beautiful in these
lovely summer clothes

I DON'T WANT TO
PLAY IN YOUR YARD

Once there lived side by side, two little maids,
Used to dress just alike, hair down in braids,
Blue ging'am pinafores, stockings of red,
Little sun bonnets tied on each pretty head.

When school was over secrets they'd tell,
Whispering arm in arm, down by the well,
One day a quarrel came, hot tears were shed:
"You can't play in our yard," but the other said:

 Next day two little maids each other miss,
Quarrels are soon made up, sealed with a kiss,
Then hand in hand again, happy they go.
Friends all through life to be, they love each other so.

 Soon school days pass away, sorrows and bliss
but love remembers yet, quarrels and kiss,
In sweet dreams of childhood, we hear the cry:
"You can't play in our yard," and the old reply: 

Refrain: 
I don't want to play in your yard,
I don't like you anymore,
You'll be sorry when you see me,
Sliding down our cellar door, 

You can't holler down our rainbarrel,
You can't climb our apple tree,
I don't want to play in your yard,
If you won't be good to me.

I Dont Want To Play In Your Yard"- EVELYN GRIFFITHS

The Norwegian version provides a
more happy ending; 
the core idea of these pattern: 

The road to the school was terribly long
When they went their own way, for the first time.
Hour by hour went - not a word.
Both were on the cry. The sorrow was great
But in the last playtime
Lillemor cannot do it anymore.
Tuppen! I regret that you know.
Let's be friends forever and ever.
Come and join us in our yard!
Do not be angry with me anymore!
We can slide on the basement stair-door,
while the others stand and see.
You can climb in our trees.
It's just you and me.
Come and join me in our yard,
Because I'm so fond of you!

0194D 
TUPPEN & LILLEMOR

Summer-dresses, pants, hairband, headscarf, and socks
Knitting patterns for dolls clothes 18
(Fits 18" dolls like American Girl doll, Baby born and Alexander doll.) Click on the 

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