To Save Him From A Whipping
(Written for Howard Roosa, Evansville, Ind.)
When Mrs. Hall, who had spent the day
With Mrs. Greene, was going away,
Wee curly headed naughty Joe
Begged so hard that she wouldn't go.
Now all the day this roguish lad
Had disobeyed and been quite bad,
So Mrs. Hall, in great surprise,