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Show BILLY MILLER'S CIRCUS-SHOW. (Bv James Whitcomb Riley.) At Billy Miller's circus-show In their old stable where it's at The bovs paid twenty pins to go. An' gits their money's worth at that! 'Cause Billey he can climb an' chalk His stockin' feet an' purf nigh walk A tight rope yes, an' ef he fall He'll ketch, an' "skin a cat" at s all! He ain't afeard of swing an hang 1st bv his legs, an' mayby stop An' veil "Look out!" an' nen k-sprang! He"'ll let -loose, upside down, an' drop Wite on his hands! An' nen he'll do "Contortion act" ist limber through As "Injarubber Men's" at goes With shore-for-certain circus shows. At Billy Miller's circus show He's got a circus ring an' they s A dressin' room, so's he can go An' dress an' paint up when he plays He's "somepin else 'cause sometime he s "Ringmaster," bossin' like he please. An' sometimes "Ephalunt" er-'Bare Back rider," prancin' out o' there! . An sometimes an' the best of all-He's all-He's "the Old Clown, and got on All strfpud, an' white hat. all tall An' peakud, like in shore-'nuff shows, An' got three-cornered red marks, too. On his white cheeks, ist like they do! An' you'd ist die, the way he sings, An' dances an' says funny things! |