Monday, December 2, 2013

"A Surprise' by D.F. (1925)

A SURPRISE.

D. F.

Wrote Bad Boy Bill to Santa Claus

of things I need a host

So will you kindly just pick out

The thing I want the most

On Christmas morn instead of toys

(on which bad Bill was banking)

Into his stocking Santa Claus

Had simply left a spanking!

Troy Times. December 24, 1925: 7 col 3. [Image cropped from scan by fultonhistory.com, as most newspaper images here are apt to be]

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