Living
The Best Times
From The Book of Joyous Children (1902)
Living
When Old Folks they wuz young like us
An' little as you an' me,--
Them wuz the best times ever wuz
Er ever goin' to be!
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Best Times.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/334/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Best Times.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/334/.
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