Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, Vawter, Will, 1871-1941 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 144
e fallWhen she uz ist a child, one day—An make her back look thataway.[130] A DUBIOUS OLD KRISS Pa—fore he be a burglar—he sA locksmiff, an maked locks, an keys,An knobs you pull fer bells to ring,An he could 1st make am Cause our Ma say he can! —An thisHere little pair o crutches SisSkips round… … An Sis she alluz say they wuzA Old Kriss—an she alluz does.But ef they is a Old Kriss, why,When s Chrismus, Ma she alluz cry ?[131] A DUBIOUS ^OLD KRISS This Chrismus noWj we live here inWhere Mas rents alliiz due agin—An she ^^ist slaves ^^—1 heerd her sayShe did—isfc them words thataway !
Children's poetry, American
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