'SPAeCIALLY JIM.
FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE."
I wus mighty good-lookin' when I wus young--
Peert an' black-eyed an' slim,
With fellers a-courtin' me Sunday nights,
'Spaecially Jim.
The likeliest one of 'em all wus he,
Chipper an' han'som an' trim;
But I toss'd up my head, an' made fun o' the crowd,
'Spaecially Jim.
I said I hadn't no 'pinion o' men,
And I wouldn't take stock in _him!_
But they kep' up a-comin' in spite o' my talk,
'Spaecially Jim.
I got _so_ tired o' havin' 'em roun'
('Spaecially Jim!),
I made up my mind I'd settle down
An' take up with him;
So we was married one Sunday in church,
'Twas crowded full to the brim,
'Twas the only way to get rid of 'em all,
'Spaecially Jim.
'ARRY'S ANCIENT MARINER.
(_TOLD ON MARGATE JETTY_.)
BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN.
He was an ainshunt mariner
Wot sailed the oshun blue;
His craft it was the _Crazy Jane_
Wot was made of wood and glue.
It sailed 'atween _Westminister_
And the Gulf of Timbucktoo;
Its bulkhead was a putty one;
Its cargo--no one knew.
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