Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0014" id="link2H_4_0014"></SPAN></p> <h2> My Fust Pair of Copper Toed Boots </h2> <p>THAR'S a feelin' of pleasure, mixed in with some pain,<br/> <br/> That over my memory scoots,<br/> <br/> When I think of my boyhood days once again<br/> <br/> And my fust pair of copper toed boots.<br/> <br/> How our folks stood around when I fust tried them on,<br/> <br/> And bravely marched out on the floor,<br/> <br/> And father remarked "thar a mighty good fit<br/> <br/> And the best to be had at the store."<br/> <br/> That night, I remember, I took them to bed,<br/> <br/> With the rest of us little galoots,<br/> <br/> And among other things in my prars which I sed<br/> <br/> Wuz a reference to copper toed boots.<br/> <br/> And then in the mornin' the fust one on hand<br/> <br/> Wuz me and my new acquisition,<br/> <br/> And thar wuzn't a spot in the house that I missed,<br/> <br/> From the garret clar down to the kitchen.<br/> <br/> Then with feelin's expandin', and huntin' fer room,<br/> <br/> I concluded I'd help do the chores;<br/> <br/> Fer I felt as though somethin' wuz goin' to bust<br/> <br/> If I didn't git right out of doors.<br/> <br/> But those boots they were new, and the ice it wuz slick,<br/> <br/> And I couldn't get one way or tother,<br/> <br/> And I jist had to stand right there in one spot<br/> <br/> And holler like thunder fer mother.<br/> <br/> But trouble's a blessing sometimes in disguise<br/> <br/> Fer I larned right thar on the spot,<br/> <br/> That the best sort of knowledge to hav in this world<br/> <br/> Is that by experience taught.<br/> <br/> So though many years have since passed away,<br/> <br/> And I've ventured on various routes,<br/> <br/> I'm still tryin' things jist as risky today<br/> <br/> As my fust pair of copper toed boots.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />