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Little-Girl-Two-Little-Girls

By James Whitcomb Riley

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I'm twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say         I'm two little girls. An' one o' me         Is Good little girl; an' th'other 'n' she         Is Bad little girl as she can be!      An' Ma say so, 'most ever' day.      An' she's the funniest Ma! 'Cause when         My Doll won't mind, an' I ist cry,         W'y, nen my Ma she sob an' sigh,         An' say, "Dear Good little girl, good-bye! -      Bad little girl's comed here again!"      Last time 'at Ma act' thataway,         I cried all to myse'f awhile         Out on the steps, an' nen I smile,         An' git my Doll all fix' in style,      An' go in where Ma's at, an' say:         "Morning to you, Mommy dear!         Where's that Bad little girl wuz here?         Bad little girl's goned clean away,         An' Good little girl's comed back to stay."

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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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