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Chapter 47: Grandpa's Head Cums Frew His Hair

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A compact anthology of short rhymes and playful verse written in early childhood and arranged by the ages at which they were composed. The pieces use a childlike voice to render animal songs, holiday verses, riddles, light moral observations, and wordplay, occasionally experimenting with other languages and invented turns of phrase. Humorous sketches and simple portraits of daily life alternate with fanciful imaginings, and lively illustrations accompany the poems to emphasize their spontaneous charm and the development of a young poet’s imagination.

Grandpa's Head Cums Frew His Hair

(Written for Margaret Ruston, Evansville, Ind., and Mr. Wm. Warren Newburg, Ind.)

When Margaret was a youngster scarcely two years old,

At climbing chairs and tables this lass was very bold,

And one day when her grandpa was seated in his chair

She climbed upon the rounded rungs as if they were a stair,

And looking at her Grandpa's head, which fast was growing bald,

She cried out, "Dearest Grandpa, one time you must hab failed,

Or maybe you've been naughty and dot an awful scare,

Which taused de top ob yu's round head to tum right frew de hair."