AWF'LEST boy in this-here town Er anywheres is Elmer Brown! He'll mock you -- yes, an' strangers, too, An' make a face an' yell at you, -- "@3Here's@1 the way @3you@1 look!" Yes, an' wunst in School one day, An' Teacher's lookin' wite that way, He helt his slate, an' hide his head, An' maked a face at @3her,@1 an' said, -- "@3Here's@1 the way @3you@1 look!" An'-sir! when Rosie Wheeler smile One morning at him 'crosst the aisle, He twist his face all up, an' black His nose wiv ink, an' whisper back, -- "@3Here's@1 the way @3you@1 look!" Wunst when his Aunt's all dressed to call, An' kiss him good-by in the hall, An' latch the gate an' start away, He holler out to her an' say, -- "@3Here's@1 the way @3you@1 look!" An' when his Pa he read out loud The speech he maked, an' feel so proud It's in the paper -- Elmer's Ma She ketched him -- wite behind his Pa, -- "@3Here's@1 the way @3you@1 look!" Nen when his Ma she slip an' take Him in the other room an' shake Him good! w'y, he don't care -- no-@3sir!@1 -- He ist look up an' laugh at her, -- "@3Here's@1 the way @3you@1 look!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON CINQUAIN: NOVEMBER NIGHT by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY PERIMEDES, THE BLACKSMITH: PHILLIS AND CORIDON by ROBERT GREENE OVERLOOKING THE RIVER STOUR by THOMAS HARDY MAHMOUD by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT PETITION OF A SCHOOLBOY TO HIS FATHER by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |