Just the Sweetest Hat

Just the Sweetest Hat.
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I took my last year’s Panama,
And knocked it out of shape,
Then dyed it in some Alice blue
And fastened on some crepe;
I pulled the thing way out in front
And bent it up behind;
I stuck some feathers on one side->
The biggest I could find;
I took it to a maniac And både him do his worst.
He added some few touches till
It looked like something cursed;
And then I gave it to my wife-
This little joke so pat-
Who thanked me with unfeigned de- Ilght,
For “Just the sweetest hat!”