@3LAST@1 Chris'mus, little Benny Wuzn't sick so bad, -- @3Now@1 he's had the worst spell Ever yet he had. Ever' Chris'mus-morning, though, He'll p'tend as if He's asleep -- an' first you know He's got your "Chris'mus-gif'"! Pa he's good to @3all@1 of us @3All@1 the time; but when, Ever' time it's @3Chris'mus@1, He's as good-again! -- 'Sides our toys an' candy, Ever' Chris'mus he Gives us all a quarter, Certain as can be! Pa, this morning, tiptoe' in To make the fire, you know, Long 'fore it's daylight, An' all's ice an' snow! -- An' Benny holler, @3"Chris'mus-gif'!"@1 An' Pa jump an' say, "You'll only get a @3dollar@1 if You skeer me thataway!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADELAIDE AND JOHN WILKES BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE HERETIC: 4. HUMILITY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER SONG OF SHERWOOD by ALFRED NOYES THE PRETTY REDHEAD by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE SATIRE: 2 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS DUST-BOWL by DAISY LEMON COLDIRON |