A Rag Time Poem

Aguinaldo you’re a flea,

That’s exactly what you be;

When they think they’ve got you square

That’s the time you don’t be there,

     Ain’t it?

You’re a cunning,

Swiftly running,

Shunning, gunning

Little black-eyed cuss;

You’re the fleetest,

And completest,

And the neatest

Little moke who ever raised a fuss.

Aguinaldo you’re a flea,

Just as fleat as you can be.

You can jolly Otis, Ag.g,

Then jump on your army nag,

Open up your saddle bag

Pack your capital therein,

Toot upon your horn of tin,

Then gallop over jungle and plain,

And set your capital up again.

     Now it’s all right

     To run and fight,

     But say,

     Someday

You’re going to get tired of that sort of thing;

And when you do let ‘em get you,

Let the Otisites net you,

And, Aggy, I’ll bet you

You can come over here

And make more dosh in a year

By lecturing than fighting forever (outside of the ring).

Nov. 16, ‘99

Emilio Famy Aguinaldo (22 March 1869 – 6 February 1964) is officially recognized as the First President of the Philippines  (1899-1901) and led Philippine forces first against Spain in the latter part of the Philippine Revolution (1896-1897), and then in the Spanish-American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine-American War (1899-1901). He was captured by American forces in 1901, which brought an end to his presidency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo