I Wish I Was a Grown Up Man
I wish I was a grown up man,And then I'd get a chance,To wear those great high collars,Stiff shirts, and nice long pants.
I wish I was a grown up man,Not too big and fat,But just the size to look niceIn a beaver hat.
Virginia dreams / Maggie Pogue Johnson [electronic text]
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- Virginia dreams / Maggie Pogue Johnson [electronic text]
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- Johnson, Maggie Pogue
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- S.l.: John M. Leonard
- 1910
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"Virginia dreams / Maggie Pogue Johnson [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD9094.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2024.
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I'd wear the nicest vest and gloves,And patent leather shoes,And all the girls would fall in love,And I'd flirt with whom I choose.
I wish I was a grown up man,I'd try the girls to please,I'd wear a long jimswinger coat,Just below my knees.
I'd wear eye-glasses, too,And wouldn't I look good?I'd be the swellest dudeIn this neighborhood.
Some day I'll be a man,And have everything I say,And give my heart to some nice girl,And then I'd go away.