The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-07


best he can,
And so when Easter-tide comes round,
arrayed from tip to toe,
He gloriously sallies forth his Easter
clothes to show.
The suit he wore this year made all his
neigh ors envious;
They said lie needed "takin' down, tn
brazen little cuss,"
But Mack, he only laughed at them for
he could plainly see
That while his suit was green his friends
were green with jealousy.
His hat was forty inches high, as green
as it could be;
A greener collar and cravat hope to
never see;
and vest the same;
Across the bosom Of his shirt, in sham
rocks, was his name.
Arrayed in all his Easter clothes on
Easter morning, soon,
He started out to see his friends before
the hour of noon;
He stopped at Mike Maloney's house;
dropped in at Rafferty's;
He spent some time at Hogan's, then he
went to Cafferty's.
Now everywhere MNally went his friends
were loud in praise;
They said he was the SWEETEST Mick they
seen in many days;
And everywhere he went he drank the
best that was in sight,
And pretty soon his Easter clothes were
fitting rather tight.
When out from Cafferty's he came and
started down the street,
He found twas all that he could do to
stand upon his feet.
But just a block away, he knew, was
Patsy Casey's place,
And in that same direction did MNally
turn his face.
He tackled along as best he could; the
people on the route
Were filled with laughter, and his name
he often heard them shout;
He heard them cheer him hstily, they
shouted there he goes,
NJ Nally dressed up in his brand new suit
of Easter clothes"
At length, at Casey's Mack arrived and
through private door
That opened into Caseys bar, he stepped
upon the floor;
He closed the door behind him then he
But not a living soul within the place was
to be found
Poor Mack was tired out and down upon
the floor he fell,
And soon he sunk TO slumber and began
to snore as we'll.
The place that just before was with a
deathly silence stiIled,
Was suddenly with echoes of MNally's
snoring filed.
Now underneath the counter Casey's goat
had been asleep,
But when M'Nally came his senses back
began to creep;
And when M'Nauy snored, of course, the
goat was wide awake,
And from behind the counter came, some
inquiries to make.
The gaze of Casey's billy goat upon M
Nally fell;
He sauntered up to Mack and of his
clothes began to smell.
The goat was very hungry, and M'Nally' S
clothes, so green,
He thought about as tempting meal as he
had ever seen.
Without preliminaries Casey's goat began
to eat;
He trimmed MNally's trousers in a man.
ner very neat;
He swallowed portions of the vest. and
then MNally's coat
Befell a victim to the appetite of Casey S
goat.
with wonderful rapidity the goat began
to chew,
And down his throat the Easter coat of
Tim M'Nally flew;
He swallowed till he reached the neck and
then he gave a jerk,
To free the coat of obstacles and help him
with his work.
The jerk aroused M'Nally; he sat up and
rubbed his eyes;
He and the billy goat exchanged a look OF
blank surprise;
He glanced down at his trousers, then II
was he missed his coat,
And found he wore the sleeves, the other
part was with the goat.
M'Nally jumped upon his feet, the goat
toward the back
OF Caseys bar retreated, with MNally or
his track;
| Then through a window he escaped, and
down the alley went,
MNaAy leaving in the bar to sober and
repent.
When people ask M'Nally how he lost his
Easter clothes,
| It's ten to one the answer'll come with
well directed blows;
He's been in Jail a score of times, and Of
ten paid a fine
| About a suit of clothes that cost hin
seven forty nine.
Lawrence Porcher Hext