Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HER POET-BROTHER, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Oh! What ef little childerns all
Last Line: Wuz big as parunts is!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Parents; Retail Trade; Childhood; Parenthood; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers


OH! what ef little childerns all
Wuz big as parunts is!
Nen I'd join pa's Masonic Hall
An' wear gold things like his!
An' you'd "receive," like ma, an' be
My "hostuss" -- An', gee-whizz!
We'd alluz have ice-cream, ef we
Wuz big as parunts is!

Wiv all the money mens is got --
We'd buy a Store wiv that, --
Ist candy, pies an' cakes, an' not
No drygoods -- 'cept a hat-
An'-plume fer you -- an' "plug" fer me,
An' clothes like ma's an' his,
'At on'y ist fit us -- ef we
Wuz big as parunts is!

An' -- ef we had a little boy
An' girl like me an' you, --
Our Store'd keep ever' kind o' toy
They'd ever want us to! --
We'd hire "Old Kriss" to 'tend to be
The boss of all the biz
An' ist "charge" ever'thing -- ef we
Wuz big as parunts is!





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