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 @3alluz@1 have ice-cream, ef we Wuz big as parunts is! Wiv all the money mens is got -- We'd buy a @3Store@1 wiv that, -- Ist candy, pies an' cakes, an' not No @3drygoods@1 -- 'cept a hat- An'-plume fer @3you@1 -- an' "plug" fer me, An' clothes like @3ma's@1 an' @3his,@1 'At on'y ist fit @3us@1 -- ef we Wuz big as parunts is! An' -- ef @3we@1 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 @3"charge"@1 ever'thing -- ef we Wuz big as parunts is! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GONE by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE TWO WITCHES: 1. THE WITCH OF COOS by ROBERT FROST A GULL GOES UP by LEONIE ADAMS ANACREON by ANTIPATER OF SIDON SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 17. THE CHILD by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PIETRO ARETINO by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE |