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Poem by Ellis Parker Butler


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A Scotchman whose name was Isbister
Had a maiden giraffe he called “sister”
    When she said “Oh, be mine,
    Be my sweet Valentine!”
He just shinned up her long neck and kissed her.



Ellis Parker Butler


Ellis Parker Butler's other poems:
  1. Song for Heroes
  2. A Satisfactory Reform
  3. Night in the City
  4. The Golf Walk
  5. At Variance


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