Billy Millers Circus-Show

James Whitcomb Riley

1916

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Fairly Easy
At Billy Miller's Circus-Show--
In their old stable where it's at--
The boys pays twenty pins to go,
An' gits their money's-worth at that!--
'Cause Billy he can climb an' chalk
His stockin'-feet an' purt'-nigh walk
A tight-rope--yes, an' ef he fall
He'll ketch, an' "skin a cat"--'at's all!
He ain't afeard to swing an' hang
1st by his legs!--an' mayby stop
An' yell "look out!" an' nen--k-spang
He'll let loose, upside-down, an' drop
Wite on his hands! An' nen he'll do
"Contortion-acts"--ist limber through
As "Injarubber Mens" 'at goes
With shore-fer-certain circus-shows!
He's got a circus-ring--an' they's
A dressin'-room,--so's he can go
An' dress an' paint up when he plays
He's somepin' else;--'cause sometimes he's
"Ringmaster"--bossin' like he please--
An' sometimes "Ephalunt"--er "Bare-
Back Rider," prancin out o' there!
An' sometimes--an' the best of all!--
He's "The Old Clown," an' got on clo'es
All stripud,--an' white hat, all tall
An' peakud--like in shore-'nuff shows,--
An' got three-cornered red-marks, too,
On his white cheeks--ist like they do!--
An' you'd ist die, the way he sings
An' dances an' says funny things!
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