Pa
said it warn’t no trick to skate at all.
When he was young he used to skate to beat
The cars, and was nifty on his feet
As
any boy on Lizzard, sort or tall;
Could
do all sorts of stunts and never fall.
So
he got out his turn-toe skates today
And
went down to the crick to show the way
To execute them pigeon wings and such
He used to on skates to beat the Dutch.
Pa
strapped his skates, and sort of stretched his neck,
Then made a sweep to carry him afar;
His
feet went up, and he came down a wreck.
We took him home. That night he said to ma:
“Skatin’
ain’t what it uster be, by heck!”
Jan.
7, 1917
‘To
beat the cars’ – to the skies, highly. Dialect Notes, Vol. V, Part I, 1918
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