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Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) 5Part 2 · Chapter 1

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Literature · Humor

Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) 5

Part 2 · Chapter 1

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"He smokes--and that's enough," says Ma-- "And cigarettes, at that!" says Pa.
"He must not call again," says she-- "He shall not call again!" says he.
They both glare at me as before-- Then quit the room and bang the door,--
While I, their willful daughter, say, "I guess I'll love him, anyway!"

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Riley — Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) (Bill Nye & James Whitcomb Riley) (author lived 1850–1896). Public Domain. Bill Nye & James Whitcomb Riley, Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns); public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #30131. Source

Literature · Humor

Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) 6

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