Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1909 — When Father Has the Grip. [ARTICLE]

When Father Has the Grip.

Poor mother wears a worried look, And sister wears a frown; And if I venture up the stairs They send me straightway down. I’m going to the drug store now, Upon a hurried trip, To get some other kind of dope, For father has the grip. I heard him groaning In the night, He said his head would split; And then he though his back would break In just a little bit He told us that his legs were sore, And soon it was his hip; It seems that everything is sick When father has the grip. The doctor came today and left Some capsules, and he said, To take one each three hours until The pain had really fled. Says pa,“That means twelve hours before I give this the slip; I’ll bet he’d find a faster dope If he has got the grip.” And then he told me that he thought That he was going to die; And ma says no, that isn’t so, An’gave the reason why. Then pa got mad and told her that He didn’t want her lip; Oh, there’s no comfort in our flat When father has the grip. —Contributed.