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UNCLE DISNEY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: SOMETIMES, WHEN I BIN BAD
Last Line: AS BADDEST LITTLE CHILDS!
Subject(s): PUNISHMENT;

SOMETIMES, when I bin bad,
An' Pa "currecks" me nen,
An' Uncle Sidney he comes here,
I'm allus good again;

'Cause Uncle Sidney says,
An' takes me up an' smiles, --
@3The goodest mens they is ain't good
As baddest little childs!@1



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