YIRMI
PINKUS
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WHILE I WAS WALKING ON MY WAY
IT HAD EYES LIKE LANTERNS BRIGHT
A GIANT DOG CAME BY, A STRAY.
AND WALKED THE TRAC KS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. 12
FROM ITS GREAT AND FURRY BAC K
THE DOG WAS HITCHED (DON’T BE AGHAST!)
IT BILLOWED LIKE A GREAT SMOKESTAC K.
TO A TRAIN CAR SPEEDING PAST. 13
SAID THE DOG, “SIR I INVITE
COME SIR, COME IN, AND TAKE A SEAT
YOU ON MY TRAIN, SO PLEASE ALIGHT.
ABOARD THE TRAIN, AND REST YOUR FEET.” 14
SO AT ONCE I C LIMBED ABOARD
THEN SUDDENLY THE WHISTLE BLEW
WITH NO C LUE WHERE WE HEADED TOWARD.
AND IN A HURRY, OFF WE FLEW. 15