To The Merry Little “Chieftain”

  

O, merry little Wilson you have caught the sleepy town,

And we promise while you’re with us just to smile and never frown,

Everybody’s bright and happy, you can hear their laughter ring,

And we’re glad that you’re “The Chieftain”, also that you “live to sing”.

                                 The smile, smile, smile

                                       And laugh, laugh, laugh,

                                 This little lay

                                           Is honest play,

                                      And not a word of chaff.

Jan. 19, ‘96

Jan. 26, 1896

Pub. in the B. Courier