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Edgar Guest - When Pa Gets Back
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I`M allus glad when my Pa gets back
From the shu-shu cars and the railroad track,
Or a big boat ride, which he often does,
Oh, I `m orful glad when he`s back becoz
Jes` as soon as he`s kissed my ma an` me
He laffs, an` says: "Come along an` see
The wonderful things in my old black grip,
The things I got on my little trip."

Nen he puts his grip on a parlor chair,
An` he says to me: "Now stand right there
An` we`ll jes` see what is inside o` this,
But first we`ll all have another kiss."
Nen he opens his grip, an` it`s jes` crammed tight
With toys an` things. Oh, I wish you might
Be there some day when my Pa gets back
To see the things in his old grip sack.

There`s allus a doll for his little girl,
Which is me — a doll with a yellow curl:
An` the very last time that he went away
I really couldn`t begin to say
All the wonderful things that he brought to me
Coz I `d been good, as I said I `d be;
I `m sure that I couldn`t tell them all,
But one was a new pink parasol.

An` he brought me some books an` some candy, too,
An` anuvver dolly all dressed in blue,
An` a broom jes` made for a girl like me,
An` the nicest hair ribbons ever you see,
An` a spade an` a rake to dig in sand,
An` some dishes my Ma says are Heavyland;
I cry when my Pa goes away, but when
He gets back home I am glad again.
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