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Show It's Days Before Christmas 1 It's days before Christmas and in our small cot l ie kids are all dreaming of what. Kris has got ; I .1 hey hope he has skates, and some trains and great dolls I .And even' bright nothings and such fol-der-ols. ' I I tell 'em that Kris is a practical guy, ' " 1 That worthless old gim,-cracks he never will buy- f He may bring a sweater, some socks, or a hat, f J Or mittens or Cord'roys and such stuff as that. I But, gosh, my heart bleeds when I think of a tree it That's not rainbowed up with stuff jest to see. f I I have it there's Mary as smart as a whip, And no one's seen skeeters on me any trip. I By gum, we'll get busy and we'll do our stuff ; I AVe've got our two eyes and our hands that's enough. I'll get my knife busy, my saw and my plane Why that solves our problem I'm happy again ! My Mary can make jest the swankiest tricks That ever was dreamed of No toys? Fiddlesticks! g We'll cut and we'll fit and we'll paint and we'll draw 8 Such stuff as we'll have no Kris ever saw! ?! It's days before Christmas and in our small house I We 'xe busy, but bless you, we're as still as a mouse. And on Christmas morning some six pairs of eyes Will pay us for scheming Oh, what a surprise ! i . II. E, Merrill "Poet Lariat" Utah Press Association |