| Show WHEN 4 E WENT UP WiT DENS BALLOON Fourth of f July Poem PoemS S X H E EATON BY EARL Copyright 1901 by sale arle ULI II Ib Eaton Enlon ry J JULI Professor McFadden the great aeronaut For Fourth celebrations was very much sought the lands natal day His monster balloon on v Would hobnob with clouds in a hair raisin And clad in pink tights fr tr m nl his flying trapeze Tile handsome professor rould hang by his knees r rAnd And skin shin the cat too on ifs way toward towa d time the oon And one time at Tompkins tho ilio town got some tin tinN Not N t mentioned at all on the and bills When Willie went u with s sOn On Ilc 1 t ors Four r j y 1 t f Now Willie e was WJ smart cz they made cm cm em said f heaps of Moss hoss sense observed In in his head he d f T do he lie won in a II walk An lies hes l e S the thing when en he gits up to talk i And Willie says ys he h be kept downs down fJ Thet hell heU rise ris in life an surp sur u ole ola town c Though not a boy with a bright silver spoon Some folks thought him sappy with no brains to spare Fut But this was the talk that was heard here and there When Willie went up with balloon On the glorious Fourth ol of July The guy ropes that curbed the balloon were held tight a aBy By Willie and others of strength weight and height And Willie winie for d come to harm halm h m Wound his several tim und and one leg and one arm The TIle park was well ti when the King of the thc Air Airs Professor ProCessor McFadden his curly head bare and shot all l too soon r Cried Lave go the ropes up For caught by one leg in the coils colis of his rep r ps tJ o o oa aee And And shrieking lor for help like a 1 soul without with hope ii I 4 J r n 8 G Poor Willie went up with wilh balloon f 1 T TOn On the glorious Fourth of July r i H soared high in air then came down in a tree treeby It I rc by the scat of his trousers hung he hei j i iii me md rid a boy watched by half of flue to town n nf f f Ip ii the tree and had Willie soon down down said i he w great t 11 And me I m n t People is cite frequent of lat late latet f fi t plain i cz daylight t c boy aint n ni loon f H said lie he would rise anby an by 1 guiger le sr sri riz 1 Thal a g i o hot hoi air was the Oming d o ne d e biz i i Er jin n Willie Wlllie went up t the glorious Fourth of J July uly r n i |
