Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 713
Cliticlack—clutterbuck—cray ! Then he cried out, How queer! Oh, just look a-here ! When, tugging and kicking and scrambling away,Up went Johnny and Susy to see whats to pay. Whereupon—guddy zooks !—lo ! each infant HighflierWas seized and possessed with the reckless desireTo leave the stout pole… … Hilly-ho, hilly-ho ! past wind, steam, and fire,Round the world, round the world on a telegraph-wire,Outstripping swift Thought or fleet-winged Desire:Hi—diddle—diddle—dum—dee ! Over country and town, Now up and now down ;Up high in the air and down under the sea,Huzzah ! hillv-ho ! what a ride…
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