To guard dis gwate Amer’can land!”
They built and built without a stop;
And when ’twas done, right at the top
Their little flag they grandly flew,
And cheered the old red, white and blue.
All worn, all torn, a playhouse rag,
To them it was their country’s flag!
“Hoowaw for Independence Day!
Hoowaw!” they cried, and ran away.
Ella Farman Pratt.