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Leedle Dutch Baby

By James Whitcomb Riley

Topics: classic

Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town!     Jabber und jump till der day gone down -     Jabber und sphlutter und sphlit hees jaws -     Vot a Dutch baby dees Londsmon vas!     I dink dose mout' vas leedle too vide     Ober he laugh fon dot altso-side!     Haff got blenty off deemple und vrown?     Hey! Leedle Dutchman come ter town!     Leedle Dutch baby, I dink me proud     Ober your fader can schquall dot loud     Ven he vas leedle Dutch baby like you     Und yoost don't gare, like he alvays do!     Guess ven dey vean him on beer, you bet     Dot's der because dot he aind veaned yet!     Vot you said off he dringk you down?     Hey! Leedle Dutchman come ter town!     Leedle Dutch baby, yoost schquall avay -     Schquall fon preakfast till gisterday!     Better you all time gry und shout     Dan shmile me vonce fon der coffin out!     Vot I gare off you keek my nose     Downside-up mit your heels und toes -     Downside, oder der oopside-down?     Hey! Leedle Dutchman come ter town!

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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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