Ballads for little folk . A NUT HARD TO CRACK. Says John to his mother, Look here! look here} For my brain is on the rack —I have gotten a nut as smooth to the sightAs the shell of an egg, and as fair and white, Except for a streak of that should mar it I cant make Johnnys mother replied, My dear, Your nut will be hard to crack. John, calling louder, Look here ! look here ! I want to get on the track,And trace the meaning, for never a nutHad outside fairer than this one, but For this ugly streak of black !I cant for my life its use make Johnnys mother replied, My
Ballads for little folk . A NUT HARD TO CRACK. Says John to his mother, Look here! look here} For my brain is on the rack —I have gotten a nut as smooth to the sightAs the shell of an egg, and as fair and white, Except for a streak of that should mar it I cant make Johnnys mother replied, My dear, Your nut will be hard to crack. John, calling louder, Look here ! look here ! I want to get on the track,And trace the meaning, for never a nutHad outside fairer than this one, but For this ugly streak of black !I cant for my life its use make Johnnys mother replied, My dear, Your nut will be hard to crack. Then John, indignant, Look here! look here! And he gave the hammer a thwack ;And there was the nut quite broke in two,And all across it, and through and through,The damaging: streak of black ! 22 A Hard Nut to Crack. It grew with its growth, he says, thats clear,But why ! And his mother replied, My dear, That nut will be hard to John, in anger, Look here ! look here ! You
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