A girl is a charming and wonderful being
In T-shirt or dress trimmed with lace,
A lover of dolls and of little stray kittens,
A creature of beauty and grace.
A girl is a fountain of bubbling laughter,
With pigtails or gay, bouncing curls.
She loses her crayons and pennies and ribbons,
And loves to share secrets with girls.
She likes to play house with some other small "mothers"
Or run down the street jumping rope,
Or climb on your lap for that extra story,
Her heart full of undaunted hope.
She's a lover of tea parties, ice cream and candy,
Of paper dolls, mud pies, and pets,
Of sandpiles and roller skates, makeup and dancing,
And every new doll that she gets.
A girl is a mixture of imp and of angel,
Of wonder and sudden surprise,
With a woman's enchantment and magic and vision,
With stardust and faith in her eyes