Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1916 — A DUTCHMAN’S LAMENT TO DOG [ARTICLE]

A DUTCHMAN’S LAMENT TO DOG

“You vas only a dog, but I vish I vos you. Ven you go mit der bed in, you shust durn robnd dree dimes und lay down. Ven Igo mit der bed in, I has to lock up der blace und vind de clock und put de cat out und undress myself, und my vise vakes up und scolds me, den de baby cries und I has to valk him up und down, den maype ven I shust go to sleep, it’s time to get up again. Ven you gets up yo u shust stretch yourself und scratch a couple of dimes, und you vos up. I has to light der fire, put on der kittle, scrap mit mine vlfe already,

und maype get some breokfast. You blay round all tay und hat blenty of fun. I has to work all tay und has blenty of drouble. Ven you die you’s dead; ven I die I has to go to hell yet.”