<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538409" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Little Bateese</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1 You bad leetle boy, not moche you care<br>2 How busy you 're kipin' your poor gran'pere<br>3 Tryin' to stop you ev'ry day<br>4 Chasin' de hen aroun' de hay--<br>5 W'y don't you geev' dem a chance to lay? <br>6 Leetle Bateese! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">7 Off on de fiel' you foller de plough<br>8 Den w'en you 're tire you scare the cow<br>9 Sickin' de dog till dey jomp the wall<br>10 So de milk ain't good for not'ing at all--<br>11 An' you 're only five an' a half dis fall, <br>12 Leetle Bateese! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">13 Too sleepy for sayin' de prayer to-night? <br>14 Never min' I s'pose it 'll be all right <br>15 Say dem to-morrow--ah! dere he go! <br>16 Fas' asleep in a minute or so--<br>17 An' he 'll stay lak dat till de rooster crow, <br>18 Leetle Bateese! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">19 Den wake us up right away toute suite<br>20 Lookin' for somet'ing more to eat, <br>21 Makin' me t'ink of dem long leg crane<br>22 Soon as dey swaller, dey start again, <br>23 I wonder your stomach don't get no pain,<br>24 Leetle Bateese! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">25 But see heem now lyin' dere in bed, <br>26 Look at de arm onderneat' hees head; <br>27 If he grow lak dat till he 's twenty year<br>28 I bet he 'll be stronger dan Louis Cyr<br>29 An' beat all de voyageurs leevin' here,<br>30 Leetle Bateese! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">31 Jus' feel de muscle along hees back, <br>32 Won't geev' heem moche bodder for carry pack<br>33 On de long portage, any size canoe, <br>34 Dere 's not many t'ing dat boy won't do<br>35 For he 's got double-joint on hees body too,<br>36 Leetle Bateese! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">37 But leetle Bateese! please don't forget<br>38 We rader you 're stayin' de small boy yet, <br>39 So chase de chicken an' mak' dem scare<br>40 An' do w'at you lak wit' your ole gran'pere<br>41 For w'en you 're beeg feller he won't be dere--<br>42 Leetle Bateese!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Henry+Drummond">William Henry Drummond</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=538409" data-title="Little Bateese de William Henry Drummond" data-description="1 You bad leetle boy, not moche you care 2 How busy you 're kipin' your poor gran'pere 3 Tryin' to stop you ev'ry day 4 Chasin' de hen aroun' de hay-- 5 W'y don't you geev' dem a chance to lay? 6 Leetle Bateese! 7 Off on de fiel' you foller de ..."></div> </div> </div>

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