. Farm legends. 82 Far7n Legends. An now ye have come, ye rascal! so healthy an fat an sound,A-weighin, Ill wager a dollar, the fall of a dozen pound!With yer mothers eyes a flashin, yer fathers flesh an build,An a good big mouth an stomach all ready for to be filled! No, no! dont cry, my baby! hush up, my pretty one!Dont get my chaff in yer eye, boy—I only was just in like us when ye know us, although were curus folks;But we dont get much victual, an half our livin is jokes! Why, boy, did ye take me in earnest? come, sit upon my knee;Ill tell ye a secret, youngster, Ill name ye after
. Farm legends. 82 Far7n Legends. An now ye have come, ye rascal! so healthy an fat an sound,A-weighin, Ill wager a dollar, the fall of a dozen pound!With yer mothers eyes a flashin, yer fathers flesh an build,An a good big mouth an stomach all ready for to be filled! No, no! dont cry, my baby! hush up, my pretty one!Dont get my chaff in yer eye, boy—I only was just in like us when ye know us, although were curus folks;But we dont get much victual, an half our livin is jokes! Why, boy, did ye take me in earnest? come, sit upon my knee;Ill tell ye a secret, youngster, Ill name ye after shall have all yer brothers an sisters with ye to play,An ye shall have yer carriage, an ride out every day!. Why, boy, do ye think yell suffer? Im gettin a trifle old. But it 11 be many years yet before I lose my hold ; An if I should fall on the road, boy, still, thems yer brothers, there, An not a rogue of em ever would see ye harmed a hair! Say! when ye come from heaven, my little namesake dear. Did ye see, mongst the little girls there, a face like this one here? That was yer little sister—she died a year ago. An all of us cried like babies when they laid her under the snow! The Christmas Baby. Hang it! if all the rich men I ever see or knewCame here with all their traps, boy, an offered em for you,Id show em to the door. Sir, so quick theyd think it odd,Before Id sell to another my Christmas gift from Godi 83
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