Joseph C. Lincoln

Cape Cod Ballads Joseph C. Lincoln

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... A TUAKKSG1VIXG DREAM 103 Then an atmosphere of horse-whip, interspersed with cow-hide boot, Wraps young Hiram Adoniram Andivw Jackson Shute. Weep ye now, oh, gentle reader, for the fallen, great of heart, As ye wept o'er Saint Helena and the exiled Bonaparte; For a picture, sad as that one, to your pity I would show Of a spirit crushed and broken,--of a hero lying low; For where husks are heaped the highest, working swiftly, hushed and mnte, Shucketh Hiram Adoniram Andrew Jackson Shute. A THANKSGIVING DREAM I 'm Pretty nearly certain that 't was 'bout two weeks ago,--It might be more, or, p'raps 't was less,--but, anyhow, I know 'T wad on the night I ate the four big saucers of icecream That I dreamed jest the horriblest, most awful, worstest dream! I dreamed that 't was Thanksgivin', and I saw our table laid With every kind of goody that, I guess, was ever made; With turkey, and with puddin', and with everything,--but, gee! 'Twas dreadful, 'cause they was alive, and set and looked at me. And then a great big gobbler, that was on a platter there, He stood up. on his drumsticks, and he says, "You boy, take care! For if, Thanksgivin' Day, you taste my dark meat or my white, I 'll creep up to your bedroom in the middle of the night; I 'll throw off all the blankets, and I 'll pull away the sheet, I 'll prance and dance upon you with my prickly, tickly feet; I 'll kick you, and I 'll pick you, and I 'll screech, ' Remember me!' Beware, my boy! Take care, my boy! " that gobbler says, says he. And then a fat plum puddin' kind er grunted-like and said: " I 'm round and hot and steamin', and I 'm heavier thnn lead. And if you dare to eat me, boy, upon Thanksgivin' Day, I 'll come at night and tease you in a frightful sort of way. I 'll thump you, and I...