by CAROLYN SHEPPARD
EMMA
EMMA MY SWEET DARLING RATTY
YOU WERE SUCH A LITTLE FATTY
I LOVED YOU SO DEAR
AND NOW YOU'RE NOT HERE
I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY AND WELL
I THINK OF YOU AND MY TEARS SWELL
I WISH WE HAD HAD MORE TIME
YOU,LL BE FOREVER IN MY MIND
I MISS YOUR PINK LITTLE NOSE
AND YOUR FUNNY LITTLE POSE
YOU HIDING ALL YOUR TREASURES
WHICH GAVE YOU SUCH PLEASURE
YOU WOULD SIT IN YOUR CHAIR
AND CLEAN ALL OF YOUR HAIR
TO GET READY FOR YOUR DAILY NAP
WHERE YOU'D CRAWL ON TO MY WARM LAP
I'VE GOT PICTURES AND MEMORIES OF YOU
WHICH CHEER ME UP WHEN I FEEL BLUE
BUT WISH I COULD TURE TIME BACK TO SEE
MY DEAR LITTLE EMMA SITTING WITH ME
EMMA
JAN. 1998-MARCH 5,1999