The book of joyous children . ,^- HE S A-MARCHIN round THE ROOM. < BILLY AND HIS DRUM I m a-comin; yes, I am— Jim an Sis, an Jane an Sam ! We 11 all marcli off with Billy an his bom ! bim ! bam !Come hurrawin as you come,Er they 11 think you re deef-an-dumbEf you dont hear little Billy an his big bass drum! [63] THE NOBLE OLD ELM O Big Old Tree, so tall an fine, Where all us cMldern swings an plays,Though, neighbers says you re on the line Between Pas house an Mr. Grays,—Us childern used to almost fuss, Old Tree, about you when we d play.—We d argy you belonged to us. An them Gray-kids the
The book of joyous children . ,^- HE S A-MARCHIN round THE ROOM. < BILLY AND HIS DRUM I m a-comin; yes, I am— Jim an Sis, an Jane an Sam ! We 11 all marcli off with Billy an his bom ! bim ! bam !Come hurrawin as you come,Er they 11 think you re deef-an-dumbEf you dont hear little Billy an his big bass drum! [63] THE NOBLE OLD ELM O Big Old Tree, so tall an fine, Where all us cMldern swings an plays,Though, neighbers says you re on the line Between Pas house an Mr. Grays,—Us childern used to almost fuss, Old Tree, about you when we d play.—We d argy you belonged to us. An them Gray-kids the other way! Till Elsie, one time she wuz here An play in wiv us—Dont you mind,Old Mister Tree?—an purty near She scolded us the hardest kindFer quarllin bout you thataway. An say she HI find—ef we 11 keep still—Whose tree you air/er shore, she say. An settle it fer good, she will![64]
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