HER MAMA BOUGHT HER
A HOPE CHEST
TO KEEP HER
DREAMS INSIDE
ALL THE
PRECIOUS MEMORIES
LITTLE THINGS
SHE LIKED TO HIDE
A MAGIC WAND
AN OLD RAG DOLL
SOME PLASTIC PEARLS
'CAUSE AFTER ALL
A LITTLE GIRL
IS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
SO LONG
AND TENDER HEARTS
NEED THEIR STARS
TO WISH UPON
'CAUSE ONE DAY
YOU WILL TURN AROUND
AND SHE'LL BE GONE
A LITTLE GIRL
IS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
SO LONG
ONE DAY WHEN SHE GOT
HOME FROM SCHOOL
SHE SLIPPED
A LITTLE NOTE
BENEATH THE
TATTERED LINING
AND HERE IS
WHAT HE WROTE
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
PUT AN X IN THE BOX
IF YOU LOVE ME TOO
A LITTLE GIRL
IS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
SO LONG
AND TENDER HEARTS
NEED THEIR STARS
TO WISH UPON
'CAUSE ONE DAY YOU
WILL TURN AROUND
AND SHE'LL BE GONE
A LITTLE GIRL
IS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
SO LONG
THEY MARRIED
IN THE GARDEN
ON A PERFECT
JULY DAY
IN A HORSE
AND CARRIAGE
THEY WAVED
AND RODE AWAY
MAMA WENT INSIDE
TO PUT AWAY
HER WEDDING DRESS
AND SPOTTED A LETTER
LYING ON
THE OLD HOPE CHEST
IT SAID A LITTLE GIRL
IS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
SO LONG
YOUR LONELY HEART
MIGHT NEED A STAR
TO WISH UPON
SO LOOK INSIDE
ONCE IN A WHILE
TO BRING
THE MEMORIES HOME
A LITTLE GIRL
IS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
AND I WILL ALWAYS BE
YOUR LITTLE GIRL
SO LONG