<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0021" id="link2H_4_0021"></SPAN></p>
<h2> LITTLE MISS BRAG </h2>
<p>Little Miss Brag has much to say<br/>
To the rich little lady from over the way<br/>
And the rich little lady puts out a lip<br/>
As she looks at her own white, dainty slip,<br/>
And wishes that she could wear a gown<br/>
As pretty as gingham of faded brown!<br/>
For little Miss Brag she lays much stress<br/>
On the privileges of a gingham dress—<br/>
"Aha,<br/>
Oho!"<br/>
The rich little lady from over the way<br/>
Has beautiful dolls in vast array;<br/>
Yet she envies the raggedy home-made doll<br/>
She hears our little Miss Brag extol.<br/>
For the raggedy doll can fear no hurt<br/>
From wet, or heat, or tumble, or dirt!<br/>
Her nose is inked, and her mouth is, too,<br/>
And one eye's black and the other's blue—<br/>
"Aha,<br/>
Oho!"<br/>
The rich little lady goes out to ride<br/>
With footmen standing up outside,<br/>
Yet wishes that, sometimes, after dark<br/>
Her father would trundle her in the park;—<br/>
That, sometimes, her mother would sing the things<br/>
Little Miss Brag says her mother sings<br/>
When through the attic window streams<br/>
The moonlight full of golden dreams—<br/>
"Aha,<br/>
Oho!"<br/>
Yes, little Miss Brag has much to say<br/>
To the rich little lady from over the way;<br/>
And yet who knows but from her heart<br/>
Often the bitter sighs upstart—<br/>
Uprise to lose their burn and sting<br/>
In the grace of the tongue that loves to sing<br/>
Praise of the treasures all its own!<br/>
So I've come to love that treble tone—<br/>
"Aha,<br/>
Oho!"<br/></p>
<div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />
1 of 2
2 of 2
Previous
Next
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.