Whitelock, William Wallace, 1869-1940 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company · leaf 70
wonderful, these boysWho play at football, hockey, quoits, With such astounding noise ;No doubt they re heroes just as great As any Homer sung —I only say, you should have seen The boys when I was young. Our football team was formed of those Who averaged seven feet.And every one a Hercules In every… … OUR FOOTBALL TEAM WAS FORMED OF THOSEWHO AVERAGED SEVEN FEET There Were Giants in Those Days 47 Three hundred yards, tho many held That nothing much at all;And many a time I ve seen the ball When batted go so highThe batter made a home-run first Before they caught the fly. And hockey — well, we d…
Children's poetry
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