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