Name: A Defective Santa Claus

Author: James Whitcomb Riley
Year: 1904
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 A Defective Santa Clausbr/br/br/ Allus when our Pa he's awaybr/ Nen Uncle Sidney comes to staybr/ At our house here--so Ma an' mebr/ An' Etty an' Lee-Bob won't bebr/ Afeard ef anything at nightbr/ Might happen--like Ma says it might.br/br/ (Ef _Trip_ wuz _big_, I bet you hebr/ 'Uz best watch-dog you ever see!)br/ An' so last winter--ist beforebr/ It's go' be Chris'mus-Day,--w'y, shorebr/ Enough, Pa had to haf to gobr/ To 'tend a lawsuit--"An' the snowbr/ Ist right fer Santy Claus!" Pa said,br/ As he clumb in old Ayersuz' sled,br/ An' said he's sorry _he_ can't bebr/ With us that night--"'Cause," he-says-ee,br/ "Old Santy _might_ be comin' here--br/ This very night of all the year


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