Deportmental ditties : and other verses . child ! her brothers gazed at her with pity,Then, linking noses, hastened to the City. 10 Birth When elderly relations dodder in, And thoughtlessly refer to you as It,Thrust skinny fingers underneath your chin (A foolish form of wit),And dangle bits of jewelry before you,Dont let them Bee how dreadfully they bore you, And when a kind of baby-talk they try (As grown-ups quite invariably do),Be ready with some suitable reply,As Ta! or Googlyoo ! And let them find their own interpretationsFor such occult and cryptic observations. For one will s
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . child ! her brothers gazed at her with pity,Then, linking noses, hastened to the City. 10 Birth When elderly relations dodder in, And thoughtlessly refer to you as It,Thrust skinny fingers underneath your chin (A foolish form of wit),And dangle bits of jewelry before you,Dont let them Bee how dreadfully they bore you, And when a kind of baby-talk they try (As grown-ups quite invariably do),Be ready with some suitable reply,As Ta! or Googlyoo ! And let them find their own interpretationsFor such occult and cryptic observations. For one will say: Oh, isnt he a dear? Hes asking for his grandpas watch and chain !:Another: Listen! Fancy! Did you hear? He called for poor Aunt Jane ! While all agree delightedly that neverWas any babe so talkative and clever ! When funny Uncle Frank, in accents rude, Makes comments on your total lack of hair,Adopt a free-and-easy attitude, As though you didnt care ;And suffer with the very best of gracesAunt Marthas damp and wearisome embraces. 11.
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