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Then as the Go-cart speeded by, A Bulldog, quite pugnacious, Seized on the handle on the fly And clung with grip tenacious The Go-cart's speed was so increased The Dog streamed out behind it, And Bobby turned to pet the beast Which didn't seem to mind it! |
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Perambulating down the street Was Miss Lucile O'Grady— The Go-cart knocked her off her feet And took on board the Lady "Your fare!" said Bobby, with a shout, One chubby hand extending. But Miss O'Grady tumbled out With shrieks the heavens rending |
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A Herder up the weary grade A yearling Calf was leading. The creature was a stubborn jade And lunged about, unheeding The Go-cart caught the rope midway Between the Calf and Herder, And both fell in behind the shay With cries of "Ba-a!" and "Murder!" |
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Two Chappies at a tennis meet Were battling fast and hard— The Go-cart skidded off the street And shot across the yard The game was "forty all," but then It didn't end that day— The Go-cart dashed into the net And carried it away! |
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On came the Go-cart down the grade (The town was now behind it) And ran into an orchard's shade Where Providence resigned it! But then it only grazed a tree And set it all a-shiver; The ripened fruit fell merrily And likewise Sammy Sliver! |