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Show Bfl Why Boys are Late for H School. B Five minutes chasing butterflies Way over, oft' the road ; B ..Five minutes watching Willie Prico Do tricks with his pot toad; FivominutesholpiugGibbsiogot H i His pig bacic in the pen H J wonder if its school-time yet? H - I guess I'm Into again. BB BBBBj BL---. r .i I think I lost a little time Because I walked so slow Whore Johnny Watkins lost a dime A day or two ago. It's underneath tho leaves somewhere, some-where, And Johnny feels so blue That I just stopped a minute there Because he asked mo to. And then it rained a little bit, And Dominick McPhee J Had his straw hat, and had to sit Undor a good thick tree, Or else he'd get it spoiled and get The top all swelled. You see, A straw lint is not safe to wet His kind, especially. And aft or we had saved his hat From getting spoiled for him, A big woodpecker came and sat Up on a rotten limb; And Johnny said when they're about, Somebody told the boys, You see a lot of worms come out To see what makes the noise. So when we boys all stayed about A couple minutes more, In hopes to see tho worms come out Which he was rapping for; But after ho wont b-r-r-r and b-r-r-r A while, ho flow away, And Johnny said ho guessed thortf were No worms at home that day. So thou wo hurried up, and ran As fast as wo could run, To got there just as school began And just as it's begun I had to run back to tho tree To get my slate and rulo; And yot tho teacher cannot see Why boys are late for school ! |
