Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MR. SILBERBERG, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: I like me yet dot leedle chile
Last Line: I keep dot chile!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Smoking; Childhood; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


I LIKE me yet dot leedle chile Vich climb my lap up in to-day,
Unt took my cheap cigair avay,
Unt laugh unt kiss me, purty-whvile, --
Possescially I like dose mout'
Vich taste his moder's like -- unt so,
Eef my cigair it gone glean out
-- Yust let it go!

Vat I caire den for anyding?
Der "HERALDT" schlip out fon my handt
Unt all my odvairtizement standt
Mitout new changements boddering;
I only t'ink -- I haf me dis
One leedle boy to pet unt love
Unt play me vit, unt hug unt kiss --
Unt dot's enough!

Der plans unt pairposes I vear
Out in der vorld all fades avay,
Unt vit der beeznis of der day
I got me den no time to spare;
Der caires of trade vas caires no more --
Dem cash accoundts dey dodge me by,
Unt vit my chile I roll der floor,
Unt laugh unt gry!

Ach! frient! dem childens is der ones
Dot got some happy times -- you bet! --
Dot's vy ven I been growed up yet
I visht I schtill been leedle vonce!
Unt ven dot leedle roozter tries
Dem baby-tricks I used to do,
My mout' it vater, unt my eyes
Dey vater too!

Unt all der summer-time unt spring
Of childhoodt it come back to me,
So dot it vas a dream I see
Ven I yust look at anyding!
Unt ven dot leedle boy run' by,
I t'ink "Dot's me," fon hour to hour
Schtill chasing yet does butterfly
Fon flower to flower!

Oxpose I vas lots money vairt,
Vit blenty schtone-front schtore to rent,
Unt mor'gages at twelf-per tcent.,
Unt diamondts in my ruffled shairt, --
I make a'signment of all dot,
Unt tairn it over vit a schmile
Aber you please -- but, don'd forgot,
I keep dot chile!





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