StNicholas [serial] . PADDY O HAPPYCHAP AND HIS PIG. Mah gracious! exclaimed Rastus Happychap, IWould nt know what to do in a house large or high!But little, low cabins, with vines growin round,Would suit everybody the best, I 11 be Paddy OHappychap, Yes, if they re bigEnough to accommodate me and my pig!A Fiji said, timidly, Palms are good thatching,But such roofs require a great deal of a JapHappychap,There s nothing so goodAs bamboo wood,—. EACH ONE COULD HAVE A YACHT OR A BARGE But Rah Rah Happychap said, Pooh, Pooh!Dont let that fellow bamboozle youInto building h
StNicholas [serial] . PADDY O HAPPYCHAP AND HIS PIG. Mah gracious! exclaimed Rastus Happychap, IWould nt know what to do in a house large or high!But little, low cabins, with vines growin round,Would suit everybody the best, I 11 be Paddy OHappychap, Yes, if they re bigEnough to accommodate me and my pig!A Fiji said, timidly, Palms are good thatching,But such roofs require a great deal of a JapHappychap,There s nothing so goodAs bamboo wood,—. EACH ONE COULD HAVE A YACHT OR A BARGE But Rah Rah Happychap said, Pooh, Pooh!Dont let that fellow bamboozle youInto building houses of split bamboo,With paper sidesLike lantern slides,And a Japanese fan or two!For my part, I think it would be greatTo have a big campus up to date;With a tennis-court and a base-ball ground,And tents to sleep in all my timbers! if I like that,Cried old Skipper Happychap, jolly and fat,But it seems to meThat on the seaA floating citythere could one couldhave a yacht ora barge,A dory small, or asteamer large,AndsailaboutWhile thesun is out,Then anchor at nightNeath themoonspale light,Hurrah, for a lifeso free andbrave ! MAKING A MAP OF THE CITY. A life on the rolling ocean wave! Naw! said Happychap Messenger, I aint in it! I could nt work that job a minute !I have ter live where the land is fencedSo I 11 have sumpin to , when you stop to takea nap!Chuckled old Raggledy Halfred Appychap,Big hotels Are the
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