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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXTRA INNINGS, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: Oh father, dear father, come home with me
Last Line: Ere she bounces an iron off your brow!
Subject(s): Baseball; Fathers; Sports
First Line: Oh father, dear father, come home with me
Last Line: Ere she bounces an iron off your brow!
Subject(s): Baseball; Fathers; Sports
OH FATHER, dear father, come home with me now—
The seventeenth inning is done—
The night settles fast on the bleachers and stands,
And there isn't a sign of a run!
Oh father, dear father, pass up the darned game,
And hurry right home with me now,
For mother just 'phoned that she'll wait half an hour
Ere she bounces an iron off your brow!
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