id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 15834 Riley, James Whitcomb The Book of Joyous Children .txt text/plain 10663 1713 102 A BIG, HOLLOW, OLD OAK-TREE, WHICH HAD BEEN BLOWN DOWN BY A STORM _When I wuz ist a little bit_ Boys know new things every day-May know that the round old earth rolls East;-[Illustration: "NO BOY KNOWS WHEN HE GOES TO SLEEP."] I want to hear, high overhead, The Old Flag flap her wings Ef you don't hear little Billy an' his big bass drum! [Illustration: "THE OLD TREE SAYS HE'S ALL OUR TREE."] _When Old Folks they wuz young like us_ Hear him whistle,--"Old--Bob--_White_!" Hear him say it?--"Old--Bob--_White_!" [Illustration: "A BIG, HOLLOW, OLD OAK-TREE, WHICH HAD BEEN BLOWN DOWN The old fox ran, and--Bless their little lives!-Ever'thing's ist like it _used_ to be:-Though, say she know it "_ain't_ Old Kriss-Old Bear said some day he'd go, Ist like their ma--bofe cried fer him!-But ist wite nen Had--ist like she alluz does-- ./cache/15834.txt ./txt/15834.txt