A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS
Old Chris’mus-times when he’s a kid,
He ist cracked hickernuts, he did,
Till they’s a crockful, mighty nigh!
An’ when they’re all done by an’ by,
He raked the red coals out again
An’ telled me, “Fetch that popcorn in,
An’ old three-leggud skillut—an’
The led an’ all now, little man,—
An’ yer old Uncle here ’ull show
You how corn's popped, long years ago
When me an’ Santy Claus wuz boys
On Pap’s old place in Illinoise!—
He ist cracked hickernuts, he did,
Till they’s a crockful, mighty nigh!
An’ when they’re all done by an’ by,
He raked the red coals out again
An’ telled me, “Fetch that popcorn in,
An’ old three-leggud skillut—an’
The led an’ all now, little man,—
An’ yer old Uncle here ’ull show
You how corn's popped, long years ago
When me an’ Santy Claus wuz boys
On Pap’s old place in Illinoise!—
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