WHEN PAW WAS A BOY.
I wisht’ I’d been here when
My paw he was a boy;
They must have been excitement then
When my paw was a boy;
In school he always took the prize,
He used to lick boys twice his size –
I bet folks all had bulgin’ eyes
When my paw was a boy.They was a lot of wonders done
When my paw was a boy;
How grandpa must have loved his son
When my paw was a boy!
He’d get the coal and chop the wood,
And think up everything he could
To always be jist as sweet and good –
When my paw was a boy.Then everything was in its place,
When my paw was a boy;
How he could rassle, jump and race,
When my paw was a boy!
He never, never disobeyed;
He beat in every game he played –
Gee! what a record they was made
When my paw was a boy!I wisht’ at I’d been here when
My paw was a boy;
They’ll never be his like agen –
Paw was a model boy!
But still last night I heard my maw
Raise up her voice and call my paw
The worst fool that she ever saw –
He ought to have staid a boy.
Mountain Advocate (Barbourville, Kentucky) Dec 30, 1904
