Hooray For Our Amelia

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Hooray for our Amelia

Stays home to take care of the babies

While her mother is at work

She's 12 now

Going on 13

Pretends she doesn't see the neighbors

Shake their heads

They will say,



"You ought to be in school

You ought to be at play

You ought to be with other children

Nearer to your age"



She puts the twins to sleep

And sits down to her dream

She's Amelia of the Camelot

The prince is on his way



She knows what she is missing

But she reads a lot

To catch up with the girl down the street

The laundry, the dinner, the dishes and some things

She is well ahead of the game



"You ought to be in school, Amelia

You ought to be at play, Amelia

You ought to be with other children

Nearer to your age"



She's Amelia of the stars

Amelia of the moon

She's Amelia of the Camelot

She's all of them today



Amelia of the stage

Amelia of the stars

She's Amelia of the Camelot

Raised on planet Mars



Three cheers for our star

Hip, hip and hooray

Amelia of the kitchen

And the nursery