Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems

by Charles Follen Adams

Charles Follen Adams.

YAWCOB STRAUSS
AND OTHER POEMS

BY
CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS

ILLUSTRATED BY "BOZ"

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published, August, 1910.

Copyright, 1910, by Charles Follen Adams.
Entered at Stationer's Hall, London.

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All rights reserved.

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YAWCOB STRAUSS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Yawcob Strauss ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11

A Highly-Colored Romance ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16

To Bary Jade ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

The Puzzled Dutchman ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

27

L-E-G on a Mule ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

30

Economy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

33

Pat's Criticism ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

36

Ravenous Bill ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

41

Shonny Schwartz ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

47

A Tale of a Nose ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

To a Dressmaker ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

53

Yankee Shrewdness ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

Logic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

61

Der Drummer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

Repartee ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

Fritz und I ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70

Yaw, Dot Ish So! ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

Little Tim's Revenge ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

Dot Baby off Mine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

82

John Barley-Corn, My Foe ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

88

Hans and Fritz ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

91

Sequel to the "One-Horse Shay" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

96

Prevalent Poetry ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

Zwei Lager ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

102

A Tough Customer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

106

Dot Poodle Dog ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

109

Misplaced Sympathy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

115

Vot I Like und Don'd Like ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

119

The Widow Malone's Pig ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

123

A Trapper's Story ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

128

Johnny Judkins ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

134

The Lost Pet ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

"Ah-Goo!" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

146

Mine Vamily ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

151

Dot Leedle Loweeza ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

156

"Don't Feel too Big!" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

161

Mine Moder-in-law ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

166

Der Shpider und der Fly ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

173

Mine Schildhood ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

179

Der Vater-Mill ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

184

Der Oak und der Vine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

188

Mine Shildren ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

194

Der Deutscher's Maxim ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

200

"Cut, Cut Behind!" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

205

A Zoölogical Romance ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

210

The Young Tramp ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

215

Mother's Doughnuts ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

221

He Didn't Understand ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

227

Roller-Skating ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

230

Thanksgiving ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

233

The Butcher's Courtship ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

241

My Infundibuliform Hat ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

244

The Little Conqueror ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

248

Mine Katrine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

252

Yawcob's Dribdulations ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

256

Vas Marriage a Failure? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

264

Dee Coming Man ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

269

"No Shildren in der House" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

276

He Gets Dhere Shust der Same ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

281

Dot Long-Handled Dipper ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

284

The Tell-Tale Mirror ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

290

He Took a Header ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

297

Versified Puns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

300