Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1890 — Since Papa Doesn' Drink. [ARTICLE]

Since Papa Doesn' Drink.

My papa’s awful happy now and mamma's happy, too, ’Cause my papa drinks no more the way he used to do. And everything's so jolly now—'taln’t like it used to be When papa never stayed at home with poor mamma and me. It made me feel so very bad to see my mamma cry, And though she’d smile I’d spy the tears a-hiding in her eye. But now she laughs just like we girls—it sounds so cute, 1 think And sings such pretty little songs—since papa doesn't drink. You ought to see my Sunday dress—it’s every bit all new; It ain't made out of mamma’s dress the way she used to do. And mamma’s got a pretty cloak all trimmed with funny fur, And papa's got some nice new clothes and goes to church with her. My papa says that Christmas time will pretty soon be here, And may be good old Santa Claus will find dur house this year. I hope he’ll bring some candy and a dollv that can wink, He’ll know where our home is, I’m sure—since papa doesn’t drink.