Show r Nectar ines Dedicated to normal graduates in particular to to prospective pedagogues in general On a bush in the garden a rosebud so gay Disclosed all its the old sun one day Unfolded its beauty till he did declare There neer ne'er in the world was flower so fair And the silly young blossom looked blushingly down On the frills and the flounces of her Paris made gown The drops dew-drops that glittered bright on her breast She fancied were diamonds pride diamonds pride gave her no rest To the birds and the bees she and she smiled And a frivolous butterfly sadly beguiled Wooed her and courted longing longing oh oh for a sip 1 Of the sweetness he knew must dwell on those lips But the bowl for the nectar was dry dryas as a chip A budding young pedagogue sought a trustee And with confident smile smile quite quite wondrous to see Unrolled gilded certificate recommends rare And theorized with such air That the struck awe-struck old farmer thought it were wise To nail the new wonder with wages of size So he put him in charge of their country mixed school Where ever before rule was made like the sto stool l. l t b 1 AJ Aoi But the young teacher argued argued- quite argued quite natural you knowIn know know know- In our Training School we never did so Ill I'll Ill I'll simply throw This monstrous old weapon as far as twill go 3 t School opened the opened the teacher in swelling cravat r I tt C f Checked pants red toothpicks and all that J Stood before well before well a score Of the funniest kids hed he'd ever looked at There was prim little Dorothy who never did wrong And poor freckled Jane too good for my song Sallie and Midge Midge desperate desperate flirts Boys little boys big in their homespun checked shirts Overalls patched till they looked like a flag r Or out at the knees which sadly did bag bag There were ere Tommy and and Teddy A AA A trio of 01 trump trumps you must know A the teacher and land wailing waiting r rAn An audacious prank to let go f t L All quiet the teacher began with those smiles ft T 1 That for a moment perhaps beguile J 1 He soared to the stars with figures of speech In telling the way he intended to teach Well do things this wise wise wise-so so nice dont don't you you see t s sWell Well We'll learn all about the birds and the bees And the flowers Snow flowers now Tommy be a good boy t You know it isn't nice to annoy Ill I'll tell you how this great earth was framed Of snakes that could fly fly heres here's heres one of their names de chus de pterosaur My what a jar I Down came the bla blackboard How the teacher did spring I Teddy and had pulled a small string Soon the whole school were right into the ring The stovepipe came next and a terrible crash Told of a hole through window and sash Made by the teacher who in his sad fright Had forgotten the door was just to the right Yes he vanished they never more saw But whispered that thereafter he car carried a jaw That looked as though struck by a dinos dinosaurs dinosaur's urs ur's p paw paw w. w The beguiled old trustee got advice fast and free Said Bill Jones You stupid old fence 1 I i I Your brains aint worth half a pence a Why dudes lack the nectar Good common sense r s |