The School-Boy's Favorite

_"Over the river and through the wood_
_Now Grandmother's cap I spy: _
_Hurrah for the fun! -Is the pudding done? _
_Hurrah for the pumpkin-pie! "_

SCHOOL READER.

Fer any boy 'at's little as me,
Er any little girl,
That-un's the goodest poetry-piece
In any book in the worl'!
An' ef grown-peoples wuz little ag'in
I bet they'd say so, too,
Ef _they'd_ go see _their_ ole Gran'ma,
Like our Pa lets _us_ do!

_Over the river an' through the wood_
_Now Gran'mother's cap I spy: _
_Hurrah fer the fun! -Is the puddin' done? -_
_Hurrah fer the punkin-pie! _

An' 'll tell you _why_ 'at's the goodest piece: -
'Cause it's ist like _we_ go
To _our_ Gran'ma's, a-visitun there,
When our Pa he says so;
An' Ma she fixes my little cape-coat
An' little fuzz-cap; an' Pa
He tucks me away-an' yells "_Hoo-ray! _"-
An' whacks Ole Gray, an' drives the sleigh
Fastest you ever saw!

_Over the river an' through the wood_
_Now Gran'mother's cap I spy: _
_Hurrah fer the fun! -Is the puddin' done? -_
_Hurrah fer the punkin-pie! _

An' Pa ist snuggles me 'tween his knees-
An' I he'p hold the lines,
An' peek out over the buffalo-robe; -
An' the wind ist _blows_! -an' the snow ist _snows_! -
An' the sun ist shines! an' shines! -
An' th' ole horse tosses his head an' coughs
The frost back in our face. -
An' I ruther go to my Gran'ma's
Than any other place!

_Over the river an' through the wood_
_Now Gran'mother's cap I spy: _
_Hurrah fer the fun! -Is the puddin' done? -_
_Hurrah fer the punkin-pie! _

An' all the peoples they is in town
Watches us whizzin' past
To go a-visitun _our_ Gran'ma's,
Like we all went there last; -
But _they_ can't go, like ist _our_ folks
An' Johnny an' Lotty, an' three
Er four neighber-childerns, an' Rober-ut Volney,
An' Charley an' Maggy an' me!

_Over the river an' through the wood_
_Now Gran'mother's cap I spy: _
_Hurrah fer the fun! -Is the puddin' done? -_
_Hurrah fer the punkin-pie! _

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The School-Boy's Favorite

James Whitcomb Riley

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