Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 209
n they first invented gunpowder,They did most dreadful things with it, They blew up popes and parliaments,And emperors and kings with it. They put on funny hats and boots,And skulked about in cellars, oh! With shaking shoes they laid a fuse,And blew it with the bellows, oh! They wore great ruffs,… … And folks have learned a thing or twoThey did not know before, you see. So nowadays the powder serves To give the boys a jolly day.And try their Aunt Louisas nerves. And make a general holiday. In open day we blaze away With popguns and with crackers, oh!With rockets bright we crown the night, (And…
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