Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PARENTAL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY



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First Line: Parunts don't git toys an' things
Last Line: She know he ever saw!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Parents; Toys; Parenthood


PARUNTS don't git toys an' things,
Like you'd think they ruther. --
Mighty funny Chris'mus-gif's
Parunts gives each other! --
Pa give Ma a barrel o' flour,
An' Ma she give to Pa
The nicest dinin'-table
She know he ever saw!





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