Thid

I geth you never thee me, I geth you never did;

I’m papath’s boy and mammath’s girl and grammath’s litte Thid.

Tham Thidney ith my chwistian name, they thay juth Thid, you thee,

Becauth my papath’s name ith Tham, – tho thister thue told me.

Now thister Thue ith bigger’n me, and things and playths, you thee,

But juth the same she lispths, ma sayths, juth twice ath much ath me;

But if folkths askth what ith my nameyou muthn’t call me kid;

I’m mammath’s girl and papath’s boy and grammath’s little Thid.

Aug. 7, 1894

Pub. in B.

Courier, Sept. 2, ‘94

(‘grammath’ is ‘dranmath’ in published version)