Versos English Ruth McEnery Stuart The Gourd

English poem

The Gourd

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De green gou'd on de sunny shed Was mighty proud of his pethy head, So he nuver pondered or studied or trained, An' now he's ol' an' rattle-brained. An' he ain't by 'isself in dat, in dat-- An' he ain't by 'isself in dat.