I’m thist a little cripple boy, an’ never goin’ to grow An’ get a great big man at all! – ‘cause Aunty told me so. When I was thist a baby onc’t, I falled out of the bed An’ got “Te Curv’ture of the Spine” – ‘at’s what the Doctor said. I never had no Mother nen – fer my Pa runned away An’ dassn’t come back here no more – ‘cause he was drunk one day An’ stobbed a man in thish-ere town, an’ couldn’t pay his fine! An’ nen my Ma she died – an’ I got “Curv’ture of the Spine!” ~ ‘The Happy Little Cripple’ James Whitcomb Riley (1920)
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:36:26 +0000
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