Classic Poem

" Hey, Johny McGinnis, where are yez?
I've got a place! Arrah, be quick! "
Whiz! Boom! " Hooray, there goes a rocket;
Hi, Johny, look out for the shtick! "
" Confound it, sir! Those are my feet, sir! "
" Oh, pa, lift me up, I can't see. "
" Come down out o' that, yez young blackguards!
Div yez want to be killin' the tree? "
" Hooray! look at that? " " Aint it bully! "
" It's stuck! " " No, it aint. " " There she goes! "
" I wish that you'd speak to this man, Fred,
He's standing all over my toes. "

" Take down that umbrella in front there! "
" My! aint we afraid of our hat! "
" Me heart's fairly broke wid yez shovin' —
Have done now — what wud yez be at? "
" Jehiel, neow haint this jest orful!
I 'most wish I hedn't a come;
Such actions I never — one would think
Folks left their perliteness to hum. "
" Look here, now, you schoost stop dose schovin'. "
" By gar, den, get out from ze vay,
You stupide Dootschmans, vilain cochon " —
" Kreuz! " — " Peste! " — " Donnerwetter! " —
" Sacr-r-re! "

" Oh, isn't that cross just too lovely!
So bright, why the light makes me wink! "
" Your eyes, dear, are " — " don't be a goose, Fred,
What do you suppose folks will think? "
Crash! Screech! " Och I'm kilt! " — " Fred, what is it? "
" Branch broken — small boy come to grief. "
" Boo, hoo, hoo, hoo! I wants mine muzzer! "
" Look out there! " " Police! " " Hi, stop thief! "
" Well, father, I guess it's all over;
" Just help Nelly down off the stool. "

MORAL .

Sung : — " Mellican piecee fire bully! "
C HING : — " Mellican man piecee fool. "