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How They Did It

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Title

How They Did It

Subject

Love, Relationships

Creator

Unknown

Source

http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1775388~S1

Publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Date

March 1876

Contributor

Katie Garahan, Alexis Priestley

Rights

Permission to publish images from The Gray Jacket must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Format

Text

Language

English

Type

Poem

Identifier

LD5655.V8 L4, ser.1, v.1, no.6 (Mar. 1876), p.4

Coverage

Blacksburg, VA

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Text

They were sitting side by side,
And he sighed, and then she sighed.
Said he : "My darling idol"
And he idled, and then she idled.
He said: "You are creation's belle."
And she bellowed, and then he bellowed,
"On my soul there's such a weight,"
And he waited, and then she waited.
"Your hand I ask, so bold I'm grown,"
And he groaned, and then she groaned.
"You shall have your private gig,"
And he giggled, and then she giggled.
Said she: "My dearest Luke—"
And he looked, and then she looked.
"I'll have thee, if thou wilt"
And he wilted, and then she wilted.