<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416668" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Johnson's Boy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world is turned ag'in' me,<br>And people says, 'They guess<br>That nothin' else is in me<br>But pure maliciousness!'<br>I git the blame for doin'<br>What other chaps destroy,<br>And I'm a-goin' to ruin<br>Because I'm 'Johnson's boy.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">THAT ain't my name--I'd ruther<br>They'd call me IKE or PAT--<br>But they've forgot the other--<br>And so have _I_, for that!<br>I reckon it's as handy,<br>When Nibsy breaks his toy,<br>Or some one steals his candy,<br>To say 'twas 'JOHNSON'S BOY!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You can't git any water<br>At the pump, and find the spout<br>So durn chuck-full o' mortar<br>That you have to bore it out;<br>You tackle any scholar<br>In Wisdom's wise employ,<br>And I'll bet you half a dollar<br>He'll say it's 'Johnson's boy!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Folks don't know how I suffer<br>In my uncomplainin' way--<br>They think I'm gittin' tougher<br>And tougher every day.<br>Last Sunday night, when Flinder<br>Was a-shoutin' out for joy,<br>And some one shook the winder,<br>He prayed for 'Johnson's boy.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm tired of bein' follered<br>By farmers every day,<br>And then o' bein' collared<br>For coaxin' hounds away;<br>Hounds always plays me double--<br>It's a trick they all enjoy--<br>To git me into trouble,<br>Because I'm 'Johnson's boy.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But if I git to Heaven,<br>I hope the Lord'll see<br>SOME boy has been perfect,<br>And lay it on to me;<br>I'll swell the song sonorous,<br>And clap my wings for joy,<br>And sail off on the chorus--<br>'Hurrah for 'Johnson's boy!''</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416668" data-title="Johnson's Boy de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="The world is turned ag'in' me, And people says, 'They guess That nothin' else is in me But pure maliciousness!' I git the blame for doin' What other chaps destroy, And I'm a-goin' to ruin Because I'm 'Johnson's boy.' THAT ain't my name--I'd ruthe..."></div> </div> </div>

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