Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PARENT REPRIMANDED, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Sometimes I think 'at parunts does
Last Line: Ist wite where ma she said it's at!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Parents; Punishment; Parenthood


SOMETIMES I think 'at Parunts does
Things ist about as bad as us -- Wite 'fore our vurry eyes, at that!
Fer one time Pa he scold' my Ma 'Cause he can't find his hat;
An' she ist cried, she did! An' I Says, "Ef you scold my Ma
Ever again an' make her cry, W'y, you shan't be my Pa!"
An' nen he laugh' an' find his hat
Ist wite where Ma she said it's at!





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