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THE BOYS' CANDIDATE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: LAS' TIME 'AT UNCLE SIDNEY COME
Last Line: "S THE BOY-HOUSE FELL DOWN?"
Subject(s): CHILDREN; WATERMELONS; CHILDHOOD;
LAS' time 'at Uncle Sidney come,
He bringed a watermelon home --
An' half the boys in town
Come taggin' after him. -- An' he
Says, when we et it, -- @3"Gracious me!@1
@3'S the boy-house fell down?"@1



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