Sonnet of the Lovable Lass and the Plethoric Dad, by J. W. Foley, from the Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV, edited by Marshall P. Wilder, Volume IV.

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From The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall P. Wilder, Volume IV, New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls and Company, 1911; pp. 723-724.

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SONNET OF THE LOVABLE LASS AND THE PLETHORIC DAD*

BY J. W. FOLEY

Shee sez shee neavur neavur luvd befoar
shee saw me passen bi hur paws frunt dore
wenn shee wuz hangen on the gait ann i
Lookt foolish att hur wenn ime goen bi.
Uv korse sheed hadd sum boze butt nun thatt sturd
hur hart down too itts deppths until shee hurd
me wissel ann shee saw mi fais. And wenn
shee furst saw mee sheed neavur luv agen
shee sedd shee noo. ann iff i shunnd hur eye
sheed be a nunn ann bid thee wurld good bi.

How swete itt is wenn munnys on thee throan
uv life to bee luvd fore ureself aloan
Ann no thatt u have gott thee powr to stur
a woomans hart wen u jusst look att hur.
ann o itts sweeter still iff you kan no
hur paw has gott jusst oshuns uv thee doe
Ann u jusst hav to furnish luv ann hee
will furnish munny fore boath u ann shee.
i wood nott kair iff shee wuz poor butt o
itts dubley swete too no sheez gott thee doe.

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i wood nott hezzetait iff shee wuz poor
Too marrie hur, togeathur weed endoor
wottevver forchun sennt with rite good will
butt sins sheeze rich itts awl thee bettur stil.
ide luv hur in a cottidge jusst thee saim
fore luv is suh a holey sakerud flaim
thatt burns like tindur wenn u strike a lite
butt still itt burns moar gloarius ann brite
wenn shee has lotts uv munny ann hur paw
with menny thowsunds is ure fawthernlaw.

* By Permission of Life Publishing Company.