- Big John and Little John,
See them trudge and shuffle on;
Overgrown and undersize,
Sleepy eyes and sparkling eyes;
- Black as night,
Lilly white,
- What a droll and charming sight.
Big John is twenty-one,
Full of clumsy mirth and fun;
Does the chores around the place,
Has the full moon for his face;
- Earth and skies
Idolize
- Little John in Big John's eyes.
Little John is nearly four,
Owns a steamboat, keeps a store,
Runs a circus, drives a hack,
Has a railroad, train and track.
- Wants his hat,
Ball and bat,
- Big John's little autocrat.
Little John and Big John,
Each the other's paragon;
Partners in a thousand things,
Happy both of them as kings;
- Comic pair,
Swart and fair,
- Yet together everywhere.
__Harry Edward Mills.
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