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Granny

By James Whitcomb Riley

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Granny's come to our house,     And ho! My lawzy-daisy!     All the childern round the place     Is ist a-runnin' crazy!     Fetched a cake fer little Jake,     And fetched a pie fer Nanny,     And fetched a pear fer all the pack     That runs to kiss their Granny!     Lucy Ellen's in her lap,     And Wade and Silas Walker     Both's a ridin' on her foot,     And 'Pollos on the rocker;     And Marthy's twins, from Aunt Marinn's     And little Orphant Annie,     All's a-eatin' gingerbread     And giggle-un at Granny!     Tells us all the fairy tales     Ever thought er wundered -     And 'bundance o' other stories -     Bet she knows a hunderd!     Bob's the one fer "Whittington,"     And "Golden Locks" fer Fanny!     Hear 'em laugh and clap their hands,     Listenin' at Granny!     "Jack the Giant-Killer" 's good;     And "Bean-Stalk" 's another!     So's the one of "Cinderell'"     And her old godmother;     That-un's best of all the rest -     Bestest one of any,     Where the mices scampers home     Like we runs to Granny!     Granny's come to our house,     Ho! My lawzy-daisy!     All the childern round the place     Is ist a runnin' crazy!     Fetched a cake fer little Jake,     And fetched a pie fer Nanny,     And fetched a pear fer all the pack     That runs to kiss their Granny!

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About James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) was an American poet known as the "Hoosier Poet." His dialect poems—including "Little Orphant Annie" and "When the Frost Is on the Punkin"—celebrate rural Indiana life and childhood nostalgia.

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