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THE ROMANCE OF A WATCH.
One day his father said to John:
“Come here and see what I hev bought—
A Waterbury watch, my son—
It is the boon you long hev sought!”
“Come here and see what I hev bought—
A Waterbury watch, my son—
It is the boon you long hev sought!”
The boy could scarcely believe his eyes—
The watch was shiny, smooth an' slick—
He snatched the nickel-plated prize
An' wound away to hear it tick.
The watch was shiny, smooth an' slick—
He snatched the nickel-plated prize
An' wound away to hear it tick.
He wound an' wound, an' wound an' wound,
An' kept a windin' fit to kill—
The weeks an' months an' years rolled round,
But John he kep' a windin', still!
An' kept a windin' fit to kill—
The weeks an' months an' years rolled round,
But John he kep' a windin', still!
As autumns came an' winters went
An' summers follered arter spring,
John didn't mind—he was intent
On windin' up that darned ol' thing.
An' summers follered arter spring,
John didn't mind—he was intent
On windin' up that darned ol' thing.
He got to be a poor ol' man—
He's bald an' deaf an' blind an' lame,
But, like he did when he began,
He keeps on windin', jest the same!
He's bald an' deaf an' blind an' lame,
But, like he did when he began,
He keeps on windin', jest the same!
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