Little Miss East Montgomery County Doll

My Grandmother was a little girl, when her family moved to East Montgomery County-
She ran in the forest, and played house amongst all the trees.

She used her imagination, as best as she could-
She made mudpies, and had pretend people, madefrom wood.

She watched her Mama take care of the babies all day long-
She watched her rock them, and sing them a song.

Oh, how she wished she had a baby of her very own-
A play one, of course, for she'd have a real one, when she was grown.

Her Mama always made her one out of corn husks, but they didn't last-
For when she played with them all day, they would fall apart fast.

But one day, her Daddy came home, and out of his pocket was a wonderful surprise-
It was a real doll, that had hands and little bitty eyes.

Made from his hankerchief, he made it for his own little girl-
While working at the sawmill, for she was his favorite little one, in the whole wide world.

I can still see Grandma playing with her Little Miss East Montgomery County doll-
At home, or church, in the winter, spring, summer, and fall.

(Dedicated to the Mayers, the Mathews, the Lees, and the Needhams, of East Montgomery County.)

Mary Elizabeth Rumsey
East Montgomery County Historical Society
Porter, Texas