Living
My Uncle Jehoshaphat
From In My Nursery (1890)
My Uncle Jehoshaphat had a pig,--
A pig of high degree;
And he always wore a brown scratch wig,
Most beautiful for to see.
My Uncle Jehoshaphat loved this pig,
And the piggywig he loved him;
And they both jumped into the lake one day,
To see which best could swim.
My Uncle Jehoshaphat he swam up,
And the piggywig he swam down;
And so they both did win the prize,
Which the same was a velvet gown.
My Uncle Jehoshaphat wore one half,
And the piggywig wore the other;
And they both rode to town on the brindled calf,
To carry it home to its mother.
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MLA
Richards, Laura E. “My Uncle Jehoshaphat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/113/.
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Richards, Laura E. “My Uncle Jehoshaphat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/113/.
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