Show COLUMBIA 13 A GREAT GIRL NOW A recent issue ot of london punch contained a cartoon representing radiant bliss miss columbia in the act of receiving the congratulations of jolly john bull on tho tile of her constitution centennial colebr celebration a tio n in ph philadelphia ila accompanying the picture are these verses you have hive passed through the troubles of national youth to have safely survived a boon f you have cut your eyeteeth eye teeth you ou look p pretty retty in truth I 1 but much ilia ho reverse of a spoon we ga gazo zo on you fondly admiringly dear few traces of ago age on your brow A hundred this year ear I 1 then its perfectly clear you are arc getting a great girl now you are getting a great girl now and you know it columbia I 1 trow X boom I leaves eaves for doubt little room that youre getting a great girl now I 1 feel I 1 like ike papa who though fresh and with younkers youn youil kera kers can 9 sympathize still y you OU are bone of my boue bone you are flesh of my flesh and I 1 bear you the warmest good m nill ill sly centennial dates which aich haye have rapidly run I 1 have given up counting somehow like me be learning life is not all fun for youre getting a great girl now youre getting a great girl now with health and that radiant brow one hardly would say youre a hundred today to day though youre getting a grout great girl now youve gone in for parties my plague dear at home it if any ones sick ot cm am I 1 am your land is so largo large you need hardly to roam yet youre known from st james to siam we greet you yea as cousin our family throng Is wide but youre welcome I 1 vow TOW come often stay long iong you can hardly do wrong though youre getting a great girl now you are petting getting a great girl now the rawness of youth you outgrow iam proud of your looks like your art and your books you arc are getting a great girl now to your big birthday party kind to invite my william im sure hed have come and danced at your ball with the grea greatest great cit teft delight but for years and andio rome cae bubines bu sines a at homo home lies iles really a marvel you know for his ago age at your great philadelphia powwow pow wow hed have reeled you off columns of talk ill engage though lies getting an old boy now hes iles getting an old boy now yet but for our big irish row hed have come like a shot and orated a lot though hes bos getting an old boy now your health rn my y columbia I 1 A hundred 7 seems queer what a sweet centenarian you make I 1 suppose its your fine constitution my dear which nothing I 1 hope vill mill eer chake you have proved you have not only swiftness but stay well long may you flourish end and grow I 1 many happy and hearty returns of the day I 1 you arc are gettine getting a great girl now you are getting a great girl now mayyou you prosper and keep out of row shun buncombe and bawl all shoddy and small for youre getting a great girl now I 1 |