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BILLY MILLER'S CIRCUS-SHOW
At Billy Miller's Circus-Show—
In their old stable where it's at—
The boys pays twenty pins to go,
An' gits their money's-worth at that!—
'Cause Billy he can climb and chalk
His stockin'-feet an' purt' nigh walk
A tight-rope—yes, an' ef he fall
He'll ketch, an' “skin a cat”—'at's all!
In their old stable where it's at—
The boys pays twenty pins to go,
An' gits their money's-worth at that!—
'Cause Billy he can climb and chalk
His stockin'-feet an' purt' nigh walk
A tight-rope—yes, an' ef he fall
He'll ketch, an' “skin a cat”—'at's all!
He ain't afeard to swing and hang
Ist by his legs!—an' mayby stop
An' yell “Look out!” an' nen—k-spang!—
He'll let loose, upside-down, an' drop
Wite on his hands! An' nen he'll do
“Contortion-acts”—ist limber through
As “Injarubber Mens” 'at goes
With shore-fer-certain circus-shows!
Ist by his legs!—an' mayby stop
An' yell “Look out!” an' nen—k-spang!—
He'll let loose, upside-down, an' drop
Wite on his hands! An' nen he'll do
“Contortion-acts”—ist limber through
As “Injarubber Mens” 'at goes
With shore-fer-certain circus-shows!
At Billy Miller's Circus-Show
He's got a circus-ring—an' they's
A dressin'-room,—so's he can go
An' dress an' paint up when he plays
He's somepin' else;—'cause sometimes he's
“Ringmaster”—bossin' like he please—
An' sometimes “Ephalunt”—er “Bare-
Back Rider,” prancin' out o' there!
He's got a circus-ring—an' they's
A dressin'-room,—so's he can go
An' dress an' paint up when he plays
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“Ringmaster”—bossin' like he please—
An' sometimes “Ephalunt”—er “Bare-
Back Rider,” prancin' out o' there!
An' sometimes—an' the best of all!—
He's “The Old Clown,” an' got on clo'es
All stripud,—an' white hat, all tall
An' peakud—like in shore-'nuff shows,—
An' got three-cornered red-marks, too,
On his white cheeks—ist like they do!—
An' you'd ist die, the way he sings
An' dances an' says funny things!
He's “The Old Clown,” an' got on clo'es
All stripud,—an' white hat, all tall
An' peakud—like in shore-'nuff shows,—
An' got three-cornered red-marks, too,
On his white cheeks—ist like they do!—
An' you'd ist die, the way he sings
An' dances an' says funny things!
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