SI Hubbard.

SI Hubbard.
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‘Twas way last spring. I think in May,
When old Si Hubbard to re did say,
“They say that a circus is coming to town;
Let us go down and see the clown.”

So we sold all the hay, oat and corn,
In fact we most cleaned out the baru.
We went and bought two bran new suits,
White plug hats, and red top boots,

And when that circus came to town,
Old St and I was first on the ground.
Says Si to me, “Let’s go get tight,
Pull down the tent and have a fight.”

“Not much,” says I; “I’ll raise no feud,”
Cause I was scared of old “Hey, Rube!!
So I proposed the red lemonade And
And guber peas, for which I paid.
‘Twas a Jolly good fellow who run the store;
That’s what I thought, when he said, “Have some more.”
Then Si and I we salled right in; The way we ate, it was a sin.

But when we went to go away.
That gosh darned sharper to us did say.
Four dollars, quick, you Rubes; don’t wait,
Or for the alde show you’ll be late.”

So I paid that money like a darn fool euss,
And off to the side show we did rush.
And when we got inside, such sights we seen
Was enough to turn your whiskers green.

The tattooed man all covered with ink.
And the dog faced boy called the missing link.
But the sight that fairly made us shake
Was a great big, sleepy looking snake.

Si pulled his jack knife, right out quick,
And up to that cage he slipped.
He stabbed that snake and jumped away.
And I had to laugh, for it was stuffed with hay.

Then a parrot in a cage close by
Next caught the gaze of foolish St.
Bi didn’t know that bird could talk,
But when it called him a country gawk,

He got right mad and just for spite
He knocked that bird clear out of sight.
Then a monkey who was in a cage,
At Si’s conduct got in a rage;

And to show his love for his feathered friend,
A helping hand he ‘lowed to lend;
Bo he grabbed poor St by the red goatee,
Made all the people laugh to see.

Si tugged and pulled to get away,
But that pesky monkey had come to stay.
He pulled Si’s whiskers so all fired hard
That his chin was as long as the neck of a gourd.

All at once St smiled, and I knew then
That his troubles soon were at an end,
For with his knife out keen
He cut his whiskers close to his chin.

The showman threw us out in a hurry.
And the gush darned hand played Annie Leu-
rle We wondered what was next on the docket,
For we hoth had money in our pockets;

And then to our surprise, before our eyes.
Was a big balloon of enormous size,
And a man who was dressed in skin tight clothes
Baid, “Cut the rope and let her go.”
Bays Si to me, “I’ll spoll his racket”;
Ba he grabbed the rope that was tied to the basket.
Ile tried to hold the balloon to the ground,
But he couldn’t do it, soon he found.

And when I see St going, I run to his ald,
And a sudden dash for the rope I made.
Bat my foot got tangled in a coll,
And I itke Si left native soll,

Then im in the air like a rocket we shot.
And I yelled to the man in the balloon to stop.
But he only laughed right in my face,
And asked me how I liked the placeThen all the people came a-rushing out
And wanted to know what the fuss was about.
And one of the troopers wanted to know
If we had paid to get into the show.

“Oh, no,” says I: “we just dropped in;
We’d like to hear the circus ring.
Then there was a fellow with a big, red nese
Who said he’d teach us to steel into shows.

And then he hit me a terrible whack
Which nearly broke my peaky back.
Then I got mad and up I гоне
And smashed him one right on the nose.

“Hey, Rubel” be cried, and to my surprise,
Hey kubes came a-running as thick as filep.
And there was a fellow with a big badge on
And like a dog’s tall, had a wagon.

He invited us both to get inaide
And with him to take a ride;
And when to the calaboose we got.
He shut us inalde and the door he looked.

He says, “You fellows are two big jaya,
And I’ll have to give you sixty daya.
And once was enough for, and once was enough for us;
We never go to showe any more.
For once was enough for us.