Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNCLE DISNEY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Sometimes, when I bin bad
Last Line: As baddest little childs!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Punishment


SOMETIMES, when I bin bad,
An' Pa "currecks" me nen,
An' Uncle Sidney he comes here,
I'm allus good again;

'Cause Uncle Sidney says,
An' takes me up an' smiles, --
The goodest mens they is ain't good
As baddest little childs!





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