'CAUSE Herbert Graham's a' only child -- "Wuz I there, Ma?" His parunts uz got him purt' nigh spiled -- "Wuz I there, Ma?" Allus ever'where his Ma tells Where @3she's@1 bin, at little Herbert yells, "Wuz I there, Ma?" An' when she telled us wunst when she Wuz ist 'bout big as him an' me, W'y, little Herbert he says, says-ee, "Wuz I there, Ma?" Foolishest young-un you ever saw. -- @3"Wuz I there, Ma? Wuz I there, Ma?"@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINDFLOWER LEAF by CARL SANDBURG TO THE FAIR CLARINDA, WHO MADE LOVE TO ME by APHRA BEHN THE PRAYER PERFECT by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE DREAM THAT CRACKED A WHIP by FRANCES AIRTH THE COMPLAINT OF CHASTITIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE SERVANT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |