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Copyright, 1911, by
THE CAROL PRESS

THE STETSON PRESS, BOSTON

 

 

 

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I

A pair in a hammock
Attempted to kiss,
And in less than a jiffy

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II

A pair out canoeing
To change seats essayed,
And these are the bubbles
That in sinking they made.
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III

A pair went out “bubbling”
And broke the speed law,
The auto turned turtle,
And here’s what they saw.

 

 

 

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IV

A pair went ballooning;
While high overhead

The gas bag exploded,
And here’s what they said.

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V

The “linotype” who sets this line
Has always been a friend of mine;
He’s quite an optimistic man——

A member of the cheer-up clan;

At all my jokes and puns, I Wis,
He’s kind enough to smile like this!

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The man who set this second verse I

’8 an awful grouch and gettirggr ‘
worse— ‘

He never gets my stuff to set

But what he knocks me hard, you
bet!

He says I’m “deadly humorous,”

And frowns on all my copy thus:

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VI

The parlor sofa holds the twain,

Miranda and her lovesick swain,
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But hark, a step upon the stair,

And papa finds them sitting there,

He and she.

 

 

 

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VII

William carried father’s lunch,
And spilled the coffee canister;
Mother tried to lick our Bill,
He slid right down the

 

 

 

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VIII

A pussy cat
On a hornet sat,
So I was told by a rooster,
The bug, poor thing,
Has lost its sting,
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IX

And now the honest farmer packs
His apples up for town.
This is the top row of his sacks,

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That a man does not always

After liquors and wines.

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XI

The pyramids of ancient days
Were built of flinty blocks;

But modern builders much prefer
A different kind of rocks:

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XII

I met a girl of the . and gently took
her 8%“

I thought I’d pop the ? but didn’t
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XIV

On Sunday in the churches
This is how they sit,

On Monday in the playhouse
Thisishowtheyfit

Isn’t it a pity,
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XV

I’m in a 10 der mood to—day
I feel poetic, 2;

4 fun I’ll just — off a line
& send it off 2 U.

I’m sorry you’ve been 6 0 long;
Don’t be disconsol 8;

But bear your ills with 42de,
& they won’t seem so gr8.

 

 

 

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XVI

Some poets balk at staircase rhyme,
It has its place.
It comes in handy any time
To
fill
up
space.

 

 

 

 

 
 

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