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when our Pa he's
h>Nen Uncle Sidney
?g r comes to stay
Jhouse here?so
i?lArfS^fty an' Lee-Bob
W won't be
JP-i Afeard efjmything at
fr 'i (f: Might happen-like Ma
says it might
(Ef Trip wuz big, I bet you he
Uz best watch-dog you ever see!)
An' so last winter?1st before
It's go' be Chris'mus Day,?w'y, shore
Enough, Pa had to haf to go
To 'tend a lawsuit?"An* the snow
1st right fcr Santy Claus!" Pa said.
As he clum in old Ayersuz' sled.
An' said he's sorry he can't be
With us that night?"'Cause,"he-says-ee,
"Old Santy might be comin' here?/ I
This very night of all the year^ ^
T got to be away!?so all Lv,
You kids must tell him?ef he call-^TTy
He'3 mighty welcome, ah' yer Pa yTgr
He left his love with you an\Ma&j H
An' Uncle Sid!" An' cluckcdl^n' leant
Back, laughinVan^wa>rtrtey<wentl
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(mi Jin? Wncfe zoa.vc' fiis
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An' Unci^v ave^-his hands an yells '
"Yer old horse^ort to^aWon bells!"
But Pa yell back ar'^fiugh an' say
"I 'spect when Sanry come this way
It's time enough fer sleighbclls nenT
An' holler back "Good-byl" again,
An' reach outwith the driver's whip
An' cut behinasnldrive back Trip.
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An' so all day it^Mjqwcd an' snowed!
An' Lee-Bob he ist* watched the road,
In his high-cmor^'ar;! Etty she
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U'd playNyith Uncle Sid an'm^Vr?
Like she wuz^h^npin' fetch in wood
An" keepin' old fire goin' good.
Where Ma she wuz a-cooiun!-there
An' kitchen, too. an' ever'whtrel ^
An' Uncle say, " 'At's ist the w'ay^?Vi>^
Yer Ma's b'en workin', night an' day,Y"*\
Sence she hain't big as Etty is O j
Er Lee-Bob in that chair of his!'' \\^}'\
Nen Ma she'd laugh't what Uncle wij,'
An' smack an' smoove his old bald^roa
An' say "Clear out the way till L "v- j?
Can keep that pot ,fro^> b'ilin" dryl" ; f
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Nen Uncle, when she's gone back *to
The kitchen, says, "We ust to do '}
Some copkin" in the ashes.?Say, ;f
S posin'-'we "try.'$ome, thatawayl"
An' nen he send'.us to tell Ma ? \l
Send two big 'talers in he sow #.
Pa's b'en a-kee^>in' 'cause they g-t 0y
The premium at the Fair. An! what';/)
You think??He" rldce a grea'-bfg holo
In the hot ashes, an!-he roll '.7'
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Them old big 'taters in die place.,
An' rake the coals back'-^an' his.face
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s'wettin"so's he purt'-nigh swear
'Cayse it's sb hot! An' when they're there
'Bout-time'at we fergit 'em, he
1st rake 'cm out again -an' gee!? .//
He bu'st 'em. with his fist wite on-'f
A' old stove-led, while Etty's gone;
To get the gait, an' butter, too?3'f|
1st like he said she haf to do,
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H^^tw^ibutler 'cm, an' blow I
'Em coo/enough to eat?
An' m^/o-mykthey're hard to bectNC>j
An' Trip 'ud ist lhv there an' pant J^if
Like he'd laugh out loud, but he can't//
Nen Uncle fill his pipe?an' we //
'Ud he'p him light it?Sis an' mo^But
mostly little Lee-Bob, 'cause
"He's the best lighter ever wuz!"
Like Uncle telled him vvunst when LeeBob
cried an' jerked the light from me,
He wuz so mad! So Uncle pat
An' pet him. (Lee-Bob's ust to that?
'Cause he's the littletest, you know,
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Ncnjljncle fits th 'iat-am out. -_X"jv>
An\ /While he's tcllin' us all 'bout
0!d(thris'mus-times when he's a kid./J^
He 1st crocked hickemuts, he did, //- J
Till txiey'sjuccockful, mighty nigh!/
An' when they rtKall done by an, by, *
He raked the red coals out again ^
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An' telled me, "Fe/ch that pdpcom in,
An' old three-legfjnxl skHlut?an' ,V
The led an' all fWvMittle, inan? eV*J
An' yer old Uncle here.'^ill show %
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You how corn's popped, lpng^yeartfpgo
When me an' Santy ClauTwuz boys J
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On Pap's old place in Winoise^U..
An' your Pa, tod, wuz chums, all through,
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COPYR1CHT BV JAM1
With Santyl?Wisht Pa'd be here, tool"
Ncn Uncle sigh at Ma, an' she
Pat him again, an' say to me
An' Etty,?"You take warning fair!?
Don't talk too much, like Uncle there,
Ner don't fergit, like him, my dears,
That 'little pitchers has big ears!'"
But Uncle say to her, "Clear out!?
Yer brother knows what he's about?
You git your Chris' mus-cookin' done
Er these pore children won't have none!"
Nen Trip wake up an' raise, an' nen
Turn roun' an' nen lay down again.
An' one time Uncle Sidney say,?
"When dogs is sleepin' thataway,
Like Trip, an' whimpers, it's a sign
He'll ketch eight rabbits?mayby nine-?
Afore his fleas' 11 wake him?nen?
Hell bite hisse'f to sleep again
An try to drym hg^g'VkeKh ten."
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JtttcA aijfil ra.66idJ^Uryg
? zruzyby nina>
An v,hen Ma's gone again backup-"'f
The kifchcn, Uncle scratchjuscfiin
An' My, "When-SaxrtjrCfajjS an' ?
An' me'wuz little boy's?jui' Ma,
wnen sne\$ doui cig c,?y uicrc,-"
W'y,?'Whervvye're^rowed?no matter
whereT^^c^p
Santy he cross' hi*b?art an* say,-i?^r
'I'll come to see youVall, some Sjfy0
When you' got childerns?all burtfiev
An' pore old Sid!' Nen Uncle he j
1st kindo' shade hisjeyes an' pour' I
Bout forty-'levettomhelsmore ^ i
O' popcorn put th^dlluttlTHe
In Ma's basket 09-the chmv.
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An' nen he tel!ed us?an talk' low A
"So Ma can't hear," he say:?"You know
Yer Pa know', when he/drived away, \
Tomorry's go' be Chris'mus-Day;? !]
Well, r.en tonight," he whisper,"see?-*/
It's go' be Chris'mus-Eve," says-ee, J
"An", like yer Pa hint, when he went/
Old Santy Claus (now hush) he^spent
Yer Pa a postul card, an' write
He's shore'.y go be here topighr\
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Away tonight, when Sapt? he-'^H^
Is go'oc here, sldghbells an' aJl,
To ma :e you kids a Chris-mus-calll"
An" we re so^jlad to know fer shor;
He's comm , I roll on the floor?
An* her^xome Trip a-waller'n' roun*
An' \purtj-nigh knock the cla eshorsc
An' Etty grab Lee-Bob an' prance
All roun' the room like it's a danceTill
Ma she come arid march us nen
To dinner, where wjp re still again, U| ??
But tickled so we Jwcah't eat ??
But pie, an' ist the;Mt mincsmeat'!2
With raisins in.?rJ^uKUncle et,
An' Ma, An^wre tfiejiLset and set)
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Till purt'-nigh supper-time; nen we
Tjell him he's got to fix the Tree lie
'Pore Santy gets here, like he said, nt
We go nen to the old woodshedAll
Wndled up, through the deep snow
"An" snowin' yet, jee-rooshy-Ol' r\ j
Uncle he said, an' he p us wade K
Bahk "V/herfe!s tlie Chris'mus-^ree ) h?|
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Out of a little jackoak-top Ovi^ !
He git down at the sawmill-shop?
An' Trip 'ud run ahead, you know^l rv
An' '117 ^nfin' ?nnu/?tZ. Si
When we all waddle back with it;
An'
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J/aint tfia.t a.<f/*iifA a.n\ Y /
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In front the fireplace? cause ] K) ]
He says " Tain t so at Santy Claus
Comes down all chimblies,?least, fonight '
HVs comin' in this house all right?
By <he front-^Jootyas ort to be!?V I i
W'e UhH-bd'hid whWe we can see!\_^
Nen he look up, an be see M.An'
say, "It's ist too bad their, Ea^
Can t be here, so's to see the fun ) ^
The childern will have, ever one!' j
Well, we!?We hardly rxmid^ t w^t
Till it wuz dusk, an dark an late u) ,
Enough to light the lamp!-tAn' Lee- ?
Bob light a candle on the trer^-"Ist
one?cause I'm'The Lighter!?Nen
He dumb on Uncle's knee again
An hug us bofe;?an Etty git /. X*
Her little chist an set on it
Wite clo61 while Uncle telled spmc more
Bout Santy Claus, an' clo es helwore /
"AH maked o furs, an' trimmed va? w)rflc
As cotton is, er snow at nightl"
As? nen, all sudden-like, be say,? [
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"Hush! Listen there! Hain't that a Sleigh
An' sleighbells jinglin'?" Trip go"Whoohl"
Like he hear bells an' smell 'em, too.
Nen we all listen. An'-sir, shoro
Enough, we hear bells?more and more
A-jinglin' clos ter?clos'ter still
Down the old crook-road roun' the hilL
An' Uncle he jumps up, an' all
The chairs he jerks back by the wall
An' th'owa a' overcoat an' pair
O' winder-curtains over there
An' says, "Hide quick, er you're too latel?
Them bells is stoppin' at the gate!?
Git back o' them-'air/ehairs an' hide,
Cause I hear Santyja voice outsider
An' Bang! bang! bang|weheerd the door?
% J/j?n itfCtxMtd ojxn
Nen it fLwed open, and the flooc^^
Blowed lull o' snow?that's first wc saw.
Till little/Lee-Bob shriek' at Ma
'There VSanty Claus! I know him by
His bi&yhite mufftash!' ?jan' ist cry
An' latikh an' squeal an' dknce air'jwll?<
Till, whct\he quiet^own a spell, v4
Old Santy bo^-an' tl\ow a Ws3
Tn him?an' nnn tn mfl an' Sis-fer \>?<VV I
An' nen go dost to Ma an' stoop
An' kiss her?An' nen give a whoop V>
That fainted heri?Cause when he bent
An' kiss her, he ist backed an' went
Wite ginst the Chris' mus-Tree ist where
The candle's at Lee-Bob lit there!?^
An'set his white-fur belt afire? n
An' blaze streaked roun" hiawaisj' an"
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Wite up^iis old white beard an thoat^7
Nen Uncle grabs th' old overcoat
An' flops it over Santy's head,
An' swing the door wide baclc an' sai^)'
"Come put, old man!?an quick about*
Id?1'\6 ist got to put you out!"
An' out pe sprawled him in the snowA
"Now rollV^he say^?"Hi-roll-ee^DI'
An Santy,-sputter rr<QuchiTjec-whiz!"
Ist roll an roll fer all they is!
An Trip he's out there, too,?I know,
Cause I could hear him yappin' so?
An I heerd Santy, wunst er twfc'r/^
Say, as he's rollii., "Drat tha^^N/\
Nen Uncle come back in. an'Viaktk^x
Ma up. an' say, "Fer mercy-sdker?
He hain't hurt none!" An' r.cn he said.?
'You youngsters h ist up-stairs to bed!?
riere: kiss yer jvia uoou-nigni, an me,?
We II he'p old Santy fix the Tree?
An all yer whistles n^rns an' drums
['U he'p yjoo^^pn morning ccmesl"
It's we go to sleep,?
Cause down-stairs, all-time somepin keep
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A-kindo' scufflin' roun' the floors? JJkv
An' openin' doors, an' shettin' doors?
An' could hear Trip a-whinin', too,
Like he didn't know ist what to do?
An' tongs a-clankin' down k'thumpl?
Non some one squonkin' the old pump?
An' Whoohl how cold it soun' out there!
I could ist see the pump-spout where
It's got ice chin-whiskers all wet
An' drippy?An' I see it yet!
An' nen, seem-like, I hear so^ticrp^f^
A-talkin' out there by the fen^.(?j
An' one says, "Oh, bout tyvelve oclodd"
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God ble?s us ever' one!' An' nen>-uX
I heerdthc old pump squonk again.
An' nen I say my prayer all through
Like. Uncle Sidney learn' me to.? i-.*. _
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"O Father mine, e cn as Thine own, $
This child looks' up to Thee alone:
Asleep or"waking, give him still, ,:.r. \
His Elder brother s wish,'and will.''.V*?
An' that' the last I know Till Ma'
She's callin' us?an' so is Pa,? V'
He holler "Chris'mus-gtf!" an' say,?'
"I'm got back home fcr Chris mus-Day!?
An' Uncle Sid s here, too?an' he
Is nibblin' 'roun' yer Chris'mus-Trce!" '
Nen Uncle holler, "I suppose ^
Yer Pa's so proud he's froze his nose [
He wants to turn' it up at us,
Cause Santy kick' up such, a fuss? J
Tetchin' hisse'f off same as ef
He Vfus his own fireworks hisse H" ^
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An . when were down-stairs. ?shore
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Pa s nose is froze, aa salve an' stufy
All on it?an one handh froze, too.
An got a old yam red-and-blue \
Mitt on it?"An he s froz^some more hy
Acrost bis chist. an' kindo sore ,
All roun' his dy-fram." Uncle say ?'
"But Pa he'd ort a-seen the way \
Santy bear up last night when th'at^ Q
Air fire broke out, an" quicker'n scar y
He's all a-blazin', on' them-'air A
Gun-cottin whiskers that he wear Ki
1st flashin'!?till I bum a hole
In the snow with him, and he mil \
The front yard dry as Chris'mus jokes!
Old parents plays on little folks! X /
But. long's a smell o' tow er woo', ( /-*
I kept' him rollin' beauttfull? ^
Till I wuz sure I shorely see
He'ssquenched! W'y.hadn't b'en ferme.
That old man might a-bumt clear down
Gean?plum?level with the groun'l"
Nen Ma say. "There. Sid; that'll do!?
IjJreakfast is ready?Chris'mus too ?
Your voice ud soun' best, sayin' GraceSay
it." An' Uncle bow' his face.
An' say so long a Blessing nen.
Trip bark two times fore it's "A-menl"
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