Hobson's Fame.That mamma calls him great, Was he a scrapper of such note, That he could whip a state? Did he wear number twenty boots, And stand full ten feet high, And would his rapid tiring guns Knock stars from out the sky? And when four hundred Spaniards charged, Did Hobson stand his ground, And did he meet them face to face And come out safe and sound?" My Mamma says: "Ah, yes my son, Yer mamma has it right, Our Hobson bravely stood his ground Nor showed the least affright, Though some four hundred crowded him He took 'em one by one, And fondly kissed each pair o' lips, Ner stopped till it wuz done." What! kissed the Spaniard! Can that be." The Spaniards? Why, my son, The Spaniards were a thousand miles From there when this wuz done. "I'm talking of the wimmen who Were dressed so sweet and pretty, Who properly were 'Hobson's choice' When he wuz in the city. He might hey seen a Spaniard once A crossing uv his way, Er' might o' lived upon a ship At some time in his day, But all them things ar' long fergot Unless my memry's missin', He rose to fame here in the west Permiscu'sly a kissin'." ___From The Kansas Standard.
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Kansas Zephyrs
Ed. Blair
(Madison, Wis.: American Thresherman. 1901)
Pages 122-123
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