Charles Ives - The Greatest Man
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My teacher said us boys should write
About some great man, so I thought last night
'n thought about heroes and men
That had done great things
'n then I got to thinkin' 'bout my pa;
He ain't a hero 'r anything but pshaw!
Say! He can ride the wildest hoss
'n find minners near the moss
Down by the creek; 'n he can swim
'n fish, we ketched five new lights, me 'n him!
Dad's some hunter too - oh, my!
Miss Molly Cottontail sure does fly
When he tromps through the fields 'n brush!
(Dad won't kill a lark 'r thrush.)
Once when I was sick 'n though his hands were rough
He rubbed thе pain right out. "That's the stuff!"
He said when I winkеd back the tears. He never cried
But once 'n that was when my mother died
There're lots o' great men: George Washinton 'n Lee
But Dad's got 'em all beat holler, seems to me!
About some great man, so I thought last night
'n thought about heroes and men
That had done great things
'n then I got to thinkin' 'bout my pa;
He ain't a hero 'r anything but pshaw!
Say! He can ride the wildest hoss
'n find minners near the moss
Down by the creek; 'n he can swim
'n fish, we ketched five new lights, me 'n him!
Dad's some hunter too - oh, my!
Miss Molly Cottontail sure does fly
When he tromps through the fields 'n brush!
(Dad won't kill a lark 'r thrush.)
Once when I was sick 'n though his hands were rough
He rubbed thе pain right out. "That's the stuff!"
He said when I winkеd back the tears. He never cried
But once 'n that was when my mother died
There're lots o' great men: George Washinton 'n Lee
But Dad's got 'em all beat holler, seems to me!
