Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DAFFY WILL, by LADD FRISBY MORSE


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DAFFY WILL, by                    
First Line: Little he was / little an' bent
Last Line: Like he's poorin' a cat.
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Faces; Houses


Little he was,
Little an' bent,
With a flickerin' smile
That came an' went,

An' his face was old,
But his eyes were blue
Like a child's an' his mind
Was a child's mind, too.

Timid he was,
An' scared o' the dark,
So the boys used to think
'Twas kind of a lark

To fix up ways
To scare him a mite,
An' that's all they meant
To do that night.

They locked his cat
In the house on the hill,
'Twas said to be haunted,
Some say 'tis still.

Well, he traced it there
An' found it all right,
But he never knew nobody
After that night.

A man from town
Came an' took him away,
An' they say he just sets
In a chair all day,

Laughin' an' cryin'
An' the like o' that
An' movin' his hands
Like he's poorin' a cat.





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