Edwin C. Ranck Cold Poems
- 1. Christmas Toys
Say, I like toys,
Christmas toys.
Remember when we were boys
Long ago?
... - 2. The Next Morning
What a difference in the morning
When you try to raise your head;
When your eyelids seem so heavy
You could swear they were of lead;
... - 3. The Medicine Man
Good people if you have the mumps,
Or ever get down with the dumps;
Or have bad cold or aching pains,
Or ever suffer with chilblains--
... - 4. Sprig Has Cub
Sprig, Sprig--Oh lovely Sprig!
Oh, hast thou cub to stay?
Add wilt the little birdies sig
Throughout the livelog day?
... - 5. If I Were City Editor
(After Ben King, Dedicated to E. Jesse Conway.)
If I were City Editor
... - 6. Take Up The Household Burden
Take up the household burden,
No iron rule of kings,
But make your family understand
That you are running things,
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