A LITTLE MAN

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 37

A LITTLE MAN

I've Jes bin thinkin,' sjttin' here, ,how fortunate I am, That God made you a' little miss" an' me" a little man. I wouldn't like ter be a girl, I'd rather be a boy, To run an' jump, an' swim, an' fish— the sports o' life enjoy. „ You can't have any fun at all, like me an' Dan an' Joe. All you can do is stay at home ter wash, er cook," er sew. Yer can't ride Billy bareback, er yer can't climb up a tree, — - The best that' you can ever" do is sit an' look at me. You take a music lesson while I chop up the wood, To make er fire on which ter cook the household's daily • food. You've always got ter ride ter- church, while I walk ,all ther way, You sit an' read a magazine, while I rake up the hay. An' these is only half the things that I can eas'ly do, Ter keep the mill a goin'— not sit ■ all day like you. I'm always handy 'round the house, an' so are most all boys, While chatterin' girls pretend thet we are makin' all the noise. But still somehow when all is said, I'm glad yer what yer are, Because with all yer uselessness yer still my little star, Some day, perhaps, when we grows up, I'll teach yer how ter be Of use to all the folks aroun', especially ter, me. Fer then instead of loafiV yer can keep my house an' StJWj An' train the children 'how to walk the path they oughter go. I guess 'tis this that makes me think how fortunate I am, That God made you a little miss an' me alittle man. —' Catholic Standard and Times.'