Las’ time ‘at Uncle Sidney come,
He bringed a watermelon home–
An’ half the boys in town,
Come taggin’ after him.–An’ he
Says, when we et it,–_”Gracious me!
‘S the boy-house fell down?”_
(James Whitcomb Riley)
More Poetry from James Whitcomb Riley:
- The Old-Home Folks (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- What Chris'mas Fetched The Wigginses (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- Squire Hawkins's Story (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- Bud's Fairy-Tale (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- A Session With Uncle Sidney (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- Blind (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)