The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

T'anksgeevin' day-Our moder have
De floor all scrub an stove all shine
Dere amt no moder lax dat wan
Dat moder, long tam dead, was mine. WI,
De OF stove hlazeaan. roar an pun.
An tam'rack snap lax Fourt' July,
While up de stovepipe go de draugh'
An all de spark go shootin' high;
De kettle she was steam and sing, ny
De old black cat was sing some, too, az
An in de elvate oven dere
De turkey roast an sing also;
Our ladder sit an smoke de pipe
JUS lax yous see me smoke on mine, y
An moder work an hum de tune
OATS calf in English, Aud Lang Syne.
Den what keer we for sn ow an an cori
Let snow fly roun' so much he will;
De fire was sputter warm an bright
An turkey. she was simmer still.
An leetle Joe an beeg Maxine, a
1t doan seem dey can wait at ALI
So dey was go walk roun' de room
For read de paper on de wall
Twas English News" from sanct stephen
Our rnoder, she doan read dat kin,
So she was paste it on de wall
For max it clean an stop de VIM
So dey was read all tam dis news
He's read de right side up, Maxine,
But leetle Joe was read it all,
De upside down, no diff to heen.
An all dis tam de sauce was make
OF cranberrie, I tink you say,
An all dis tam de corn-bread bake II
An still de turkey cast away
An so was come dat T'anksgeevin', r
An so dat T'anksg eevin' was go;
An all de inside worI was warm,
An all de outside worl was snow.
De snow was fall on de fores' tree
An kiver de brush where de rabbit hide,
al An pile UP high Oh de old chimblee
An bank up deep on de riViere side;
An we get UP queek from de trun'le bed
An find dat de cabin was leak somewhere
For de snow was pile up roun' our head,
But what we keer for de pile Of snow!
We laugh for see how de worl' was white
Dis tam, mon pere can't say, You're SLOW
For de pants was go on queek all right.
An de stockin' too, an de moccasin
Dat moder make wit de stout new sack
Den "Whoop," an out lax viii In'ian
JUS lax Goodbye, we was not come back"
Dere was leetle Joe an beeg Maxine ~
An 'nodder wan, why dat was me -"
'Tis long tam gone, but dat doan seem
For de years was go LAX wan, two, tree,
Twas day dat folks ean T'anksgeevin,
Wen folks in states mus eat by law,
But dis don't need In sanct Stephen
Folks eat for fun In Canadaw- Z
Well, beeg Maxine an m an Joe,
We lam right out where dreef was deep,
Den wan by toder trou gh de snow @
We march out where de turkey sleep;
An Maxine say, "Good m ornin', Sir" ez
Den shut de hen-coop door up soon
He's say, 'I geev you warnin', Sir, >g#
l hope we meet dis afternoon"
We scare de snowbird from de weed see Il
An watch. heem fly so dueek away
An wonder If he's foun' de seed
OATS max for heem T'anRsgeegin's day.
An so we chase roun' tr ough de snow
Till fros' commences for bite de feet
Den Maxine say, II guess we go
For see what tbs we get for eat"
An now, wen tirty year was gone
An cabin home no more was seen,
I'm sit in great, grand, oeeg hotel
LAX king, on floor CALI "mezzanine"
De chandelier was burn b Glow,
De whole plac' light lax sunset sky
I'm hear de soft, sweet. m usic play
Till tear was gadder roun' my eye.
An still I'm sit on beeg settee
An look long tam below me dere
Where 1 was read de fin e. beeg sign,
"T'anksgeevin' Dime r, One DoIlare'-
Den / was wipe my eye an go
For walk me cross dat Brussels floor
An push dat button dat was ring
Wan up-down cage cali ELEVATOR"
Den all de servant dey was come:
Wan TAX my coat. wan say, "Come here"
An / was follow trough de room
OATS only max me stop an stare.
Mos, fines sight I never see
All color flower an rosy light,
An honder' table all arc un'
A-shinin' dere in green an white.
Dat darkee set me by wan tab
Alone, an leave me dere for dine
Wen dat musick was sta t out soon
For play dat tune call' Aud Lang Syne.
I'm hear de strain an lee stem still
More sweet It's soun.--den dat fine hall,
Dat rosy flower an light was gone,
All goneI was ror get dem all.
De cabin was come back again
De lettle cabin lon g ago
An I was hear de Toarin' fire,
An see Maxine an leetle Joe.
An moder, fadder an de res
Den / was get up from de chair