Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-26
Mary's Lamb.

Mary 2au a l1bll6 zaInD,
Its tail was just about so Teng.
And Mary, when she opened her clam
Shell, lammie thought twas Chinese gor g
Which proves eonclusively that lam
ME was not an adept in harmony.
Vow Mary sans in the 'Old Church Cheir.''
She was the 1ea1ing So-pri-an-o,
And there was freckle faced girl, Narier,
VINO '.cavorted around on the Attic,
And then there was charming Timothy
Green,
He was a bewitching Ten-i-o-r
Andhis voice Lad the click of sewing ma
chine
And the tr-r-r-r ofan old lawn mover.
Then there was Aminidab GanderSon
And he was the Bass Pre- fun-di-o,
And when he went down on sliding rum
Twas two octaves below the Attic.
But all this had nothing to do with
the lamb.
Now Mary loved the Bass-i-o,
And that made the freckle-faecd girl, Gerier
So mad that she said the So-pran-i-o
Gould Just go to-'A.' and not note high
err
And the Ten-i-o-r said in blinking voice,
Il kno,c that Marier sings in absolute time
And l think the sOpranio makes most too much
noise
And ''-'tSas worth half dollar to see Tim
othy climb
For Mary, though meek asher own little'lamt
Had a mind of her own," and terri bic
will
And the words struck so harsh on her tym-
That Tim. thought it best to climbs ''oYel
the hill.
We wouldn't insinuate-not IN the least
That there was one feeling of jealous disdain
But some low or other-lika po- -a-ti-o east,
A sourness sprung up, yes, gain and agar
And still, every Sabbath, each one. in hi
place,
Sang Praises to Cod with most rarkeC
etiquitte,
Tho red, white and blue stealing over eacl
face
Told of wrath-not of God-but ef tn,
charming quartette."
and the lamb was the happier of al
the animals, and behaved the better.
One bright sas bath morn in b:o-t6ming May
The Dominic rose in his sombre attire
And read: Il would not live Away"
And the hymn was sung by the cold church
choir.'i
Good Deacon Van SIyke dozed and W wned il
i'll his pew,
Ard Deacon Van Buskirk sat snlemn am
staid-
And Mehitible Jones smelled her sweet "a
While the Elder read solemnly, ':Bc no
afrsid"
All this time lammie was munchiny
grass in the grave yard.
Soon the Dominic read the closing hymn,
"All we like sheep are gone lstray-h:--l"
Then amnie quit munching, ana Bounding i
Went down the aisle tn a ,'b-a a-h
b-a-a-h''
He heard his dear Mary's sw eet plaintiv
voice
And the melody wakencd his muttonish sou
And giggIs went up from the girls and IL
boys,
For his tail stuck up straight like a tele
graph pole.
Old Deacon Van Buskirk as mad as hare,
Gave chase, and lammie went over the pew
While Deacon Van Slyke was so mad he coul
swear,
And one boy insisted he muttcrcd: = 9Th
deu ee.''
Mehitihlc Jones. deelarcd'it was sin,
To allow an ola SD eep to break up the meet
Well, what she put IN" is not worth repeat
in.
Poor Mary bIushed scarlet : the Ten-i-o
frowned
And the B"sse Profun do ''got uron hi
car"
And declared that ''he weighed ton if
pauod,
And Mary had nothing whatever to fear"
And still the lamb was making i
lively among the congrega ten
At last the lammic so fr ghtenel go I
BY being chased up AMI down the aisle,
That he hunted the bibles new PoIyElot-
Then Deacon Van Buskirk did terribly bile
He seize on the old con -tri -bu ti-on Lex
And Deacon Van Slyke shouted loudl
Amen
And before the COOL dominie could give gu
the dox
Oligy, lammie'' skipped OUT through
cracked 6x10.
And this it was that busted the OLE
church choir.