Jingles

Chapter 51: To Save Him From A Whipping

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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.

To Save Him From A Whipping

(Written for Howard Roosa, Evansville, Ind.)

When Mrs. Hall, who had spent the day

With Mrs. Greene, was going away,

Wee curly headed naughty Joe

Begged so hard that she wouldn't go.

Now all the day this roguish lad

Had disobeyed and been quite bad,

So Mrs. Hall, in great surprise,

Paused and looked in his brown eyes,

While saying, "I'm so glad to know

You love me truly, dearest Joe."

"Oh, 'tisent that," said honest Joe,

"I wouldn't mind for you to go

Except my mother said to-day,

She'd whip me when you went away."