An' love him purt' nigh much es ma.
FOOTNOTE:
[62] Used by special permission of the publishers, The Bobbs-Merrill Company. From "Rhymes of Childhood," copyright, 1900.
ALMOST BEYOND ENDURANCE[63]
James Whitcomb Riley
I ain't a-goin' to cry no more, no more!
I'm got ear-ache, an' ma can't make
It quit a-tall;
An' Carlo bite my rubber-ball