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Sonnets of a Budding Bard

LINES WROTE WHILST THINKIN’ ABOUT HOW PA ACTS WHEN DRESSIN’ UP

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Whilst pa and ma art dressin’ up to go To church or somewhere, so I’ve heard ma tell The neighbor women, pa tears ’round pell-mell And turns things upside down, and wants to know Who hid his clothes! and makes ma stop and show Him where to find them. Ma she know’st full well They’re where he’s kept them since he earnest to dwell In our house: that’s been twenty years or so. And when ma’s donest her level best to try To help pa so he wilt not fuss and fret, And found his clothes, shoes, collar, cuffs and tie, And there ain’t nothin’ more for her to get, Pa looks at her and with an awful sigh Says: “Thunderation! Ain’t you ready yet?”

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