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CHIPPY
He is only a freckled and towseled up boy,
He has learned to perfection the art to annoy,
When his father and I just begin to discuss,
Why, then Chippy breaks in, and quite soon there's a fuss.
His poor sister a gentleman caller receives;
A plan to upset them then our Chippy conceives.
The dear baby has fallen asleep without dreams;
Chippy will cry aloud,—baby's frightened to screams.
What on earth is to be done with such a bad boy?
With the cat and the cook, to the preacher, his toy.
He's a terrible pest we all know and will say,
But the day is so dull when that boy is away.

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