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Show I In Boyhood's Happy Days inif r i(- m i ni, mm mini "' ' " ' n'l n air " " mil I How dear to my heart Is tho old-fashioned schovilmvam. When and reioiici tlons 'present her to view; Tho way that she'd often .us boys with a , Fule lamm I Would make tne full futuro look torrl- bly blue. And atlll In my funey I feel. my flesh Time never can quite that Bonsatlon ue-stroy, ue-stroy, For wiisn h got started sho mado tno limine JIiikIo-Thnt JIiikIo-Thnt ola-ruHiiu'ivt uchoolma'am I knew when ,i l,0y. , Tho trone-munc -i aohoolma'am, tlio qulok-fempcied sciioolma'am. - Tho nrguii-eL4 nchuolma'am I knew whan a boy. Jf you'd lost eronk your Anger 'twas quickly detects!, A, . And fqllered at unee with a fuss that - you'd dread, Until air tho boys In tie school half-sus- ' -' peQted , - . ,8he i could see jut as well, through tho back ot her head V ' " ' ' - v ,i l. r- Thero wasn't no use In our tryln' to fool her, She'd got an Impression wo couldn't destroy,' de-stroy,' And tlien she'd go at It and lay on tha ruler The old-fashloncd schoolma'am I know when a boy. And yet, notwlthstnndin' hor constant endeavor. en-deavor. Them sclioolduys with Jest lots of pleasure pleas-ure was fraught. Wo nlwy went Into tomo mischief whenever We thought wo could do t without got-" got-" tin' rvtufjht. Wo threw pupor wuds nnd was noisy and prnnky, And did all wo could her poor soul to annoy; No worder that once In n while alio got cranky That old-fashioned schoolma'am I know when a boy. Tho bourded-round schoolma'am, tho underpaid un-derpaid schonlma'nm. The mueh-nbused schoolma'am I knew ' when a boy, . . "IJahk Spink" in Boston Herald.. 1 |
