Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY BOY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: You smile and you smoke your
Last Line: A trouble like yours, my boy!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Fathers; Sons


YOU smile and you smoke your cigar, my boy;
You walk with a languid swing;
You tinkle and tune your guitar, my boy,
And life up your voice and sing;
The midnight moon is a friend of yours,
And a serenade your joy --
And it's only an age like mine that cures
A trouble like yours, my boy!





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