Ice Cream Fireworks

Oh Tommie had your pistol up

     And ran the charges down;

We’re going to have the biggest time

     That ever struck the town.

Fill up your pockets, stuff ‘em out

     And let the eagle scream;

This year we’re going to celebrate

     With charges of ice cream.

O, Tommy, watch this rocket go

     Up in the fair blue sky!

And when it hits the Milky Way

     Just watch the ice cream fly.

The cannon cracker, harmless now,

     Will give delight supreme;

Instead of powder dangerous,

     It’s loaded with ice cream.

O, Tommie, do not yearn for noise,

     Let peace be your desire;

Let loads of colored ice cream cool

     Your patriotic fire.

Load up your rocket and your bomb,

     And let the eagle scream,

But not with powder, Tommy dear,

     Touch off a quart of cream.

June 12, ‘10