Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/A Wish

by Clarence Hawkes

A WISH

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

Then every day would Christmas beWith lots of fun for Tommy 'n' me,We'd hang our stockings every nightAnd 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 himAnd fill boys' stockings to the brim.