Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHAMPION, by LIDA WILSON TURNER


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THE CHAMPION, by                    
First Line: My daddy is the strongest man
Last Line: Would it be cheating, do you s'pose, if I made him the winner?
Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers


My daddy is the strongest man in this whole world, I'll bet!
When he plays golf, he drives the ball so far it's out of sight.
And he can swim and ride a horse and everything and yet,
When we play games at home, why, I just beat him every night.

Sometimes we have a boxing match, with Mother looking on,
And my, he's strong! But so am I, so it's a reg'lar fight.
And Mother always claps for me and smiles when I have won;
She doesn't seem to think it strange I beat him every night.

Sometimes I think because I win, it makes my daddy sad.
Tonight if he should say to me directly after dinner,
"Let's run a race together to the gate and back, my lad,"
Would it be cheating, do you s'pose, if I made him the winner?





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