The Bear-Story (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
THAT ALEX "IST MAKED UP HIS-OWN-SE'F"W'y, wunst they wuz a Little Boy went outIn the woods to shoot a Bear. ...
THAT ALEX "IST MAKED UP HIS-OWN-SE'F"W'y, wunst they wuz a Little Boy went outIn the woods to shoot a Bear. ...
I' b'en a-kindo musin', as the feller says, and I'm About o' the conclusion that they ain't no better time, When you ...
Prop yer eyes wide open, Joey,Fur I've brought you sumpin' great.Apples? No, a derned sight better!Don't you take no int'rest? ...
Jes' a little bit o' feller--I remember still--Ust to almost cry fer Christmas, like a youngster will.Fourth o' July's nothin' ...
They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.I got 25 minutes to go.And in 25 minutes I'll be in Hell.I got ...
It's getting on ter winter now, the nights are crisp and chill,The wind comes down the chimbly with a whistle ...
I've got a little yaller dog, a wuthless kind of chap,Who jest ain't good fer nothin' but ter eat and ...
It's many's the scenes which is dear to my mindAs I think of my childhood so long left behind;The home ...
MAMMY'S in de kitchen, an' de do' is shet;All de pickaninnies climb an' tug an' sweat,Gittin' to de winder, stickin' ...
Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low, San' a little heavy f'om de rain, All de pa'ms a-wavin' an' a-weavin' slow, Sighin' ...
God bless ivery one raand yor table Wi' plenty to ait an' to spare; God bless yo an' mak yo all able To ...
She sung a song; an' I sat silent there,Wiv bofe 'ands grippin' 'ard on me chair; Me 'eart, that yesterdee ...
Ever heard th' black watch story?Ask th' boys o' our old crew;There's sea yarns a sight more gory, But there ...
Some folks there be who seem to need excitement fast and furious,An' reckon all the joys that have no thrill ...
Oo seen her off? . . . "Me," says the tide,"I 'ad to, for why, there was no one ...
Oh, Grimsby is a pleasant town as any man may find,An' Grimsby wives are thrifty wives, an' Grimsby girls are ...
In the kingdom they call "Kerry" there's a "bohareen" goes climbin' Above the thatch o' cots at Ballymore-- A ...
She was nothin' much to look at, that there old fleabitten gray.She'd a cranky disposition, but you liked her any ...
Sittin' on the porch at night when all the tasks are done,Just restin' there an' talkin', with my easy slippers ...
Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, ...
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