Hard Boiled Muggsy
A mission worker on the lower East Side, New York, was telling the story of Adam and Eve to a group of tough kids. When he was through, one boy asked Hard-boiled Muggsy what it was all about.
“I’ll tell yer,” said Muggsy, “there was a guy and a ‘broad’ in a garden. They ‘snitched’ an apple; a snake ‘peached’ on ’em, and God said tuhel with ’em.”
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Smackum Smackaday
Someday—I’m going to take—
Somebody—
Somewhere—where there isn’t anybody—and—
Somehow—I’m going to give her a sweet kiss—
Something—she wants—and then—