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SOME SCATTERING REMARKS OF BUB'S by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: WUNST I TOOKED OUR PEPPER-BOX LID
Last Line: AT'S ALLUS AT THE SUND'Y-SCHOOL?
Subject(s): CHILDREN; COOKING & COOKS; FOOD & EATING; CHILDHOOD;

WUNST I tooked our pepper-box lid
An' cut little pie-dough biscuits, I did,
An' cooked 'em on our stove one day
When our hired girl she said I may.

@3Honey's@1 the @3goodest@1 thing -- Oo-@3ooh!@1
An' blackburry-pies is goodest, too!
But wite hot biscuits, ist soakin' wet
Wiv tree-mullasus, is goodest yet!

Miss Maimie she's my Ma's friend, -- an'
She's purtiest girl in all the lan'! --
An' sweetest smile an' voice an' face --
An' eyes ist looks like p'serves tas'e'!

I @3ruther@1 go to the Circus-show;
But, 'cause my @3parunts@1 told me so,
I ruther go to the Sund'y-school,
'Cause there I learn the goldun rule.

Say, Pa, -- what @3is@1 the goldun rule
'At's allus at the Sund'y-school?



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