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Said Old Gentleman Gay, "On a Thanksgiving Day, If you want a good time, then give something away." So he sent a fat turkey to Shoemaker Price, And the shoemaker said, "What a big bird! how nice! And since a good dinner's before me, I ought To give poor Widow Lee the small chicken I bought." "This fine chicken, oh, see!" said the pleased Widow Lee, "And the kindness that sent it, how precious to me! I would like to make some one as happy as I— I'll give Washerwoman Biddy my big pumpkin pie." "And oh, sure," Biddy said, " 'tis the queen of all pies Just to look at its yellow face gladdens my eyes. Now it's my turn, I think; and a sweet ginger cake For the motherless Finigan children I'll bake." "A sweet cake, all our own! 'Tis too good to be true!" Said the Finigan children, Rose, Denny, and Hugh; "It smells sweet of spice, and we'll carry a slice To poor little Lame Jake—who has nothing that's nice." "Oh, I thank you, and thank you!" said little Lame Jake; "Oh, what beautiful, beautiful, beautiful cake! And oh, such a big slice! I will save all the crumbs, And will give 'em to each little sparrow that comes!" And the sparrows they twittered as if they would say, Like Old Gentleman Gay, "On a Thanksgiving Day, If you want a good time, then give something away." |