Baby Bonnet Poems
A little square of linen 
With dainty edge of lace 
Fashioned in a bonnet 
To frame your Baby's face 

After Baby's worn it, 
Fold it square and tuck it away .... 
And it becomes a hanky 
For Baby's Wedding Day. 

And if Baby is a boy, 
On the day that he will marry, 
This becomes the "something old" 
His happy Bride will carry. 

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For a special baby
Loving thoughts and nimble hands
Created this little bonnet
Of fine lace and ribbon bands.

At first it was a handkerchief
But with some stitches small,
A bonnet was made for downy head
To be admired by all.

Mother will carefully store it,
And gently pack it away
Years later,  she'll take it out
Before her daughter's wedding day.

She'll snip the tiny stitches
Place it in her daughter's hand
To carry, as a hanky, down the aisle
And receive her wedding band.

Mother's son will find good use
For the square, when he's a young man
He'll give it to his sweetheart
When he asks her for her hand.

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A Tiny square of linen
And a dainty edge of lace,
Designed into a bonnet
To frame a baby's face. 

 After baby's worn it , 
Fold and tuck away ...
And it becomes a hanky
For baby's wedding day.

If the baby is a boy,
On the day that he should marry,
This will be the something old
His joyful bride will carry.

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I'm just a little hanky
As square as square can be,
But here and there a stitch or two
Made a bonnet out of me.

I'll be worn from the hospital
Or on the Christening Day,
Then in a very special place
I'll be carefully packed away.

For every happy wedding day
As we have oft been told,
Every well dressed bride should carry
Something rare and old.

So what would be more more fitting,
Than to honor this belief,
Just change me from a bonnet,
To a wedding handkerchief.

But if the baby is a boy
Some day he too will wed,
Then to his bride he can present
The hanky once worn on his head.

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At first a hankie- small and white,
Folded square and stitched just right,
A baby bonnet was made of me,
So a family heirloom I could be.

Worn home  from the hospital or on christening day,
I'm pressed with care then packed away,
When the lovely bride needs something "old",
They'll snip my threads and I'll unfold.

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I am an heirloom bonnet
as special as can be.
A present for someone dear
to wear on Christening Day.

When baby grows to wed,
I'll be by your side
as a dainty little hanky
for the blushing bride.





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