In 1941 as rare as richest pearl
There came into the Tobin home
A bouncing baby girl
My mother called me Mary
My father called me Anne
And so between the two
They called me Mary Anne
My first two years of childhood
I shed a lot of tears
I sucked my thumb for comfort
To ease away my fears
Mary Anne my mother said to me
Your teeth will not grow straight
I disobeyed my mother dear
And sucked with all my might
And now my teeth are out of place
A sorry sight to see
I wish that I
