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Edgar Guest - The Spoiler
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With a twinkle in his eye
He`d come gayly walkin` by
An` he`d whistle to the children
  An` he`d beckon `em to come,
Then he`d chuckle low an` say,
"Come along, I`m on my way,
An` it`s I that need your company
  To buy a little gum."

When his merry call they`d hear,
All the children, far an` near,
Would come flyin` from the gardens
  Like the chickens after wheat;
When we`d shake our heads an` say:
"No, you mustn`t go to-day!"
He`d beg to let him have `em
  In a pack about his feet.

Oh, he spoiled `em, one an` all;
There was not a youngster small
But was over-fed on candy
  An` was stuffed with lollypops,
An` I think his greatest joy
Was to get some girl or boy
An` bring `em to their parents
  All besmeared by chocolate drops.

Now the children`s hearts are sore
For he comes to them no more,
And no more to them he whistles
  And no more for them he stops;
But in Paradise, I think,
With his chuckle and his wink,
He is leading little angels
  To the heavenly candy shops.
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