Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 200
That boy, say the terrified folks of the town, He would laugh just the same if the sky tumbled down! Indeed, an I would, fancied Mike, with a grin, For I might get a piece with a lot of stars in ! And he chuckled He-he ! and he chuckled Ho-ho ! The very idea delighted him so ! … His father complained to the priest, Now, I say, Mike never stops laughing, by night or by day! Let him laugh, spoke the priest: he will change by and by, And t is better to laugh than to grumble or cry ! Its the way with the lad; let him laugh, if he like; And be glad you ve a son thats as merry…
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