Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PROSPECTIVE GLIMPSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Janey pettibone's the best
Last Line: Little janey pettibone!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Marriage; Wealth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes


JANEY PETTIBONE'S the best
Little girl an' purtiest
In this town! an' lives next door,
Up-stairs over their old store.

Little Janey Pettibone
An' her Ma lives all alone, --
'Cause her Pa broke up, an' nen
Died 'cause they ain't rich again.

Little Janey's Ma she sews
Fer my Ma sometimes, an' goes
An' gives music-lessuns -- where
People's got pianers there.

But when Janey Pettibone
Grows an' grows, like I'm a-growin',
Nen I'm go' to keep a store,
An' sell things -- an' sell some more --

Till I'm ist as rich! -- An' nen
Her Ma can be rich again, --
Ef I'm rich enough to own
Little Janey Pettibone!





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