For a special baby
Loving thoughts and nimble hands
Created this little bonnet
Of fine cloth 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
Gently pack it and put it away
After years 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 a 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.