Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/A Wish

by Clarence Hawkes

A WISH

I wish that Pa was Santa Claus
With reindeer and a pack, because,
Then he would have such lots of toys
For all his little girls and boys.

Then every day would Christmas be
With lots of fun for Tommy 'n' me,
We'd hang our stockings every night
And Pa would fill them 'fore 'twas light.

Then when I'd grow'd to be a man,
Just as my mother says I can,
I would be Santa Claus like him
And fill boys' stockings to the brim.