THE MUSEUM'S FAT LADY

TEACHER TO TOMMY: "Now, Tommy, please answer, and tell me at once, Who is your father, you silly young dunce?" TOMMY TO TEACHER: Said Tommy, with tears gushing forth from his eyes, "I know you're a lady w'at's most wondrous wise, But I hates like the mischief to tell on poor Pa, 'Cause he's always good to both me and Ma, But he is the fat lady w'at you may see By goin' to Barnum's and payin' a fee."