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Done
by Phyllis Halloran

I’m trying hard to learn to read
But what’s a kid to do
When there’s a NO and a GO and a
SO and a HO
And then there’s a word like TO?

Reading BONE and CONE and LONE
and TONE
Can almost be kind of fun
But I get upset when I have to believe
That D-O-N-E spells DONE!

It’s plain to see a kid like me
Sure needs a helping hand
No matter how much I really try
I just don’t understand

I’m trying hard to learn to read
Somehow that’s what I’ll do
But for now if you’ll just read to me
Somehow I’ll read to you.