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Our Aunt 'Mandy thinks that boys / Never ought ter make a noise, / Or go swimming or play ball, / Or have any fun at all; / Thinks a boy had ought ter be / Dressed up all the time, and she / Hollers jest as if she's hurt / At the _littlest mite_ er dirt / On a feller's hands or face, / Or his clothes, or any place.
Then at dinner-time she's there, / Sayin', "Mustn't kick the chair! " / Or "Why _don't_ yer sit up straight? " / "Tain't perlite to drum yer plate. " / An' yer got ter eat as _slow_, / 'Cause she's dingin' at yer so. / Then, when Chris'mus comes, she brings / Nothin', only _useful_ things: / Han'kershi'fs an' gloves an' ties, / Sunday stuff yer jest _despise_.