Show The Little Plum With apologies to Eugene Fields Lit tie Peach A little plum in the orchard grew A plum of war department hue Warmed by the sun and wet by the dew I grew One day walking the orchard through That little plum dawned on the view Of Russy Alger a soldier true S True ble i Up at tho plum a club he threw I Down from the limb on which It grew l Foil the little plum of warlike hue I Too true r Russ took a bite and began to chew And then the trouble began to brew For the people yelled I will never do For you Tho major heard tho howls of the crew That turned the air all black and blue And to tho scene of the hullaballoo He flew lew But Russ had swallowed the plum from view The little plum of the warlike hue And the major didnt know what to do Felt blue That plum that In tho orchard grew In Russ stomach raised Kalamazoo And gave the people the colic too Boo hoo Perhaps an emetic tried and true May seek for the plum of warlike huo And bring It forth again p d q To view Detroit Post |