Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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careful, one by one?"
HEZEKIAH'S ART, "I swan, he did look like a daisy!" THE SCHOOL-COMMITTEE MAN, "'And with--ahem--er--as I said before.'" WHEN THE MINISTER COMES TO TEA, "He sets and says it's lovely." THE VILLAGE ORACLE, "'Well now, I vum! I know, by gum! I'm right because I _be_!'" THE BALLAD OF MCCARTY'S TROMBONE, "'By--Killarney's--lakes--and--fells, Toot--tetoot toot--toot--toot--dells!'" His NEW BROTHER, "Why'd they buy a baby brother, When they know I'd _good_ deal ruther Have a dog?" A COLLEGE TRAINING, "'That was jolly, Guv'nor, now we'll practice every day.'" A THANKSGIVING DREAM, "He stood up on his drumsticks." |
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