THEY wuz a Big Day wunst in town, An' little Jason's Pa Buyed him a little toy-balloon, The first he ever saw. -- An' oh! but Jase wuz @3more'n@1 proud, A-holdin' to the string An' scrougin' through the grea'-big crowd, To hear the Glee Club sing. The Glee Club it wuz goin' to sing In old Masonic Hall; An' Speakin', it wuz in there, too, An' soldiers, folks an' all: An' Jason's Pa he git a seat An' set down purty soon, A-holdin' little Jase, an' him A-holdin' his balloon. An' while the Speakin' 's startin' up An' ever'body still -- The first you know wuz little Jase A-yellin' fit to kill! -- Nen Jason's Pa jump on his seat An' grab up in the air, -- But little Jason's toy-balloon Wuz clean away from there! An' Jase he yelled; an' Jase's Pa, Still lookin' up, clumb down -- While that-air little toy-balloon Went bumpin' roun' an' roun' Ag'inst the ceilin', 'way up there Where ever'body saw, An' @3they@1 all yelled, an' @3Jason@1 yelled, An' little Jason's Pa! But when his Pa he packed him out A-screamin' -- nen the crowd Looked down an' hushed -- till they looked up An' howled ag'in out loud; An' nen the speaker, mad an' pale, Jist turned an' left the stand, An' all j'ined in the Glee Club -- "Hail, Columby, Happy Land!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER A VISIT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF CLAPHAM ACADEMY by THOMAS HOOD SEVEN TIMES SIX [ - GIVING IN MARRIAGE] by JEAN INGELOW THE GREAT SAINT BERNARD by SAMUEL ROGERS THE SWING by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE COSMIC TRAIL by EDWIN M. ABBOTT |