"Leetla Giorgio Washeenton"

"Leetla Giorgio Washeenton"

Thomas Augustine Daly

You know w'at for ees school keep out

Dees holiday, my son?

Wal, den, I gona tal you `bout

Dees Giorgio Washeenton.

Wal, Giorgio was a leetla keed

Ees leeve long time ago,

An' he gon' school for learn to read

An' write hees nam', you know.

He moocha like for gona school

An' learna hard all day,

Baycause he no gat time for fool

Weeth bada keeds an' play.

Wal, wan cold day w'en Giorgio

Ees steel so vera small,

He start from home, but he ees no

Show up een school at all!

Oh, my! hees Pop ees gatta mad

An' so he tal hees wife:

"Som' leetla boy ees gon' feel bad

Today, you bat my life!"

An' den he grab a beega steeck

An' gon' out een da snow

An' lookin' all aroun' for seek

Da leetla Giorgio.

Ha! W'at you theenk? Firs' theeng he see

Where leetla boy he stan'

All tangla up een cherry tree,

Weeth hatchet een hees han'.

"Ha! w'at you do?" hees Pop he say,

"W'at for you busta rule

an' stay away like dees for play

Eenstead for gon' to school?"

Da boy ees say; "I no can lie,

An' so I speaka true.

I stay away from school for try

An' gat som' wood for you.

I theenka deesa cherry tree

Ees gooda size for chop,

An' so I cut heem down, you see,

For justa help my Pop."

Hees Pop he no can gatta mad,

But looka please' an' say:

"My leetla boy, I am so glad

You taka holiday."

Ees good for leetla' boy, you see,

For be so bright an' try

For help hees Pop; so den he be

And granda man bimeby.

So now you gatta holiday

An' eet ees good, you know,

Foor you gon' do da sama way

Like leetla Giorgio.

Don't play so mooch, but justa stop,

Eef you want be som' good,

An' justa help your poor old Pop

By carry home sonme wood;

An' mebbe so like Giorgio

You grow for be so great

You gon be da Presidant

Of dese Unita State'.

This poem has always cracked us up since we first read it. I can always get Daniel to laugh by saying in a funny voice: "Ees gooda size for chop!" :) This was hard enough to type, I wonder if it was hard for the author to write! Enjoy this brilliant poem and read it out loud. It's twice as funny! -Rachel