Childhood

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Childhood</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <bR> <div> from: Little Wandersongs</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>I'm sick of school and sick of home,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An'  so I've started out</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Acrost the western plains to roam</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And be a noble scout,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Home ain't a bit ad-vent-u-rus,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You can't have any fun,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' my! there'd be a fearful fuss,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If I should get a gun.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>An' so I've packed my haversack</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>As skillful as I can,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' I ain't never comin' back</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Till I'm a famous man;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Till I have slayed a injun chief</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' shot a grizzly bear,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' maybe chased a cattle thief</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' ketched him in his lair.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>        *    *    *    *    *    *</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I guess I'm far away, all right,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' awful hungry, too;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It's awful dark outside tonight;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'm kinda scared, ain't you?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I want my mama and my dad ...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It ain't no fun to roam;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'm just a tired little lad,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Please, Mister, take me home!</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in:  </I><A HREF="woman_s_world.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Womans World"><U><I>Woman's World magazine</I></U></A><I>, February 1914</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>