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Show JOHNNY'S HIST'RY LESSON. I think, of all the things at school A boy has got to do, That studyln' lilsfry. as a rule, Is worst of all. don't you? Of dates, thero are nn awful sight, An' though-1 study day an' night. There's only one I've got just right That's fourteen ninety-two. Columbus crossed the Delaware lu fourteen ninety-two. We whipped Hie British fair an aquar In fourteen ninety-two. At. Concord an' at Lexington We kept tlie redcoats on the run While the bnnd played "Johnny. Get Your Gun." In fourteen ninety-two. Pat Henry, with his dyln" breath. In fourteen ninety-two. Said. "Gimme liberty or death" in fourteen ninety-two. An' Barbara Frielchic, so 'tis said. Cried, "Shoot If you must tills old. gray head. But I'd rather 'twould be your own In- j stead." ! In fourleen ninety-two. j The Pilgrims canio lo Plymouth Rock In fourteen ninety-two. An' the Indians standin' on the dock Asked ' What are you goiif to do?" An' they said, "Wo seek your harbor d rea r That our children's children's children deor May boasit that their forefathers landed hero In fourteen ninety-two!" Miss Pocahontas snved the life, In fourteen ninety-two. Of John Smith, nn' became his wife Jn fourteen ninety-two. An' tho Smith tribe stalled then air thero. An' now thero arc John Smiths everywhere. every-where. But they didn't huvc any Smiths to spare In fourteen ninety-two. Kentucky was settled by Daniel P-ne, In fourteen ninety-two. An' I think the cow Jumped over the moon In fourteen ninety-two. Ben Franklin fiew his kite so high He drew the lightnln' from the sky, An' Wnshlngton couldn't tell a. He. In fourtoon ninety-two. Nixon Waterman. 1 |