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Edgar Guest - When Ma Wants Something New
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Last night Ma said to Pa: "My dear,
The Williamsons are coming here
To visit for a week or two,
An` I must have a talk with you.
We need some things which we must get--
You promised me a dinner set,
An` I should like it while they`re here."
An` Pa looked up an` said: "My dear,
A dinner set? Well, I guess not.
What`s happened to the one we`ve got?"

"We need a parlor rug," says Ma.
"We`ve got a parlor rug," says Pa.
"We ought to have another chair."
"You`re sittin` in a good one there."
"The parlor curtains are a fright."
"When these are washed they look all right."
"The old stuff`s pitiful to see."
"It still looks mighty good to me."
"The sofa`s worn beyond repair."
"It doesn`t look so bad, I swear."

"Gee Whiz, you make me tired," says Ma.
"Why, what`s the matter now?" says Pa.
"You come an` go an` never see
How old our stuff has grown to be;
It still looks just the same to you
As what it did when it was new,
An` every time you think it strange
That I should like to have a change."
"I`m gettin` old," says Pa. "Maybe
You`d like a younger man than me."

"If this old rug was worn an` thin,
At night you`d still come walkin` in
An` throw your hat upon a chair
An` never see a single tear;
So long as any chair could stand
An` bear your weight you`d think it grand.
If home depended all on you,
It never would get something new."
"All right," says Pa, "go buy the stuff!
But, say, am I still good enough?"
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