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AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: WHEN LITTLE DICKIE SWOPE'S [OR, SCROPE'S] A MAN
Last Line: FEREVER AN' FEREVER!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; SAILING & SAILORS; CHILDHOOD;
When little Dickie Swope's a man,
He's go' to be a Sailor;
An' little Hamey Tincher, he's
A-go' to be a Tailor:
Bud Mitchell, he's a-go' to be
A stylish Carriage-Maker;
An' when @3I@1 grow a grea'-big man,
I'm goin' to be a Baker!

An' Dick'll buy his sailor-suit
O' Hame; an' Hame'll take it
Na' buy as fine a double-rig
As ever Bud kin make it:
An' nen all three'll drive roun' fer me,
An' we'll drive off togevver,
A-slingin' pie-crust 'long the road
Ferever an' ferever!


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