A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS
An’ Etty,—“You take warning fair!—
Don’t talk too much, like Uncle there,
Ner don’t fergit, like him, my dears,
That ‘little pitchers has big ears!’”
But Uncle say to her, “Clear out!
Yer brother knows what he’s about.—
You git your Chris’mus-cookin’ done
Er these pore childern won't have none!”
Nen Trip wake up an’ raise, an’ nen
Turn roun’ an’ nen lay down again.
An’ one time Uncle Sidney say,—
“When dogs is sleepin’ thataway,
Don’t talk too much, like Uncle there,
Ner don’t fergit, like him, my dears,
That ‘little pitchers has big ears!’”
But Uncle say to her, “Clear out!
Yer brother knows what he’s about.—
You git your Chris’mus-cookin’ done
Er these pore childern won't have none!”
Nen Trip wake up an’ raise, an’ nen
Turn roun’ an’ nen lay down again.
An’ one time Uncle Sidney say,—
“When dogs is sleepin’ thataway,
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