Merry Christmas And Happy New Year!

Ellis Parker Butler

Little cullud Rastus come a-skippin’ down de street,
A-smilin’ and a-grinnin’ at every one he meet;
My, oh! He was happy! Boy, but was he gay!
Wishin’ “Merry Chris’mus” an’ “Happy New-Year’s Day”!
Wishin’ that his wishes might every one come true—
And—bless your dear heart, honey,—I wish the same to you!

Next 10 Poems

• Ellis Parker Butler : Millennium
• Ellis Parker Butler : Mouths Of Hippopotami And Some Recent Novels
• Ellis Parker Butler : Night In The City
• Ellis Parker Butler : No Beer, No Work
• Ellis Parker Butler : October
• Ellis Parker Butler : Outbid
• Ellis Parker Butler : Partners
• Ellis Parker Butler : Reasonable Interest
• Ellis Parker Butler : Ridden Down
• Ellis Parker Butler : Says Mister Doojabs

Previous 10 Poems

• Ellis Parker Butler : Maude's Valentine
• Ellis Parker Butler : Mary Had A Little Frog
• Ellis Parker Butler : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Iii: On Laziness And Its Resultant Ills
• Ellis Parker Butler : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Ii: On Malicious Cruelty To Harmless Creatures
• Ellis Parker Butler : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; I: On Dishonesty Arising From Ignorance
• Ellis Parker Butler : Jabed Meeker, Humorist
• Ellis Parker Butler : Immortality
• Ellis Parker Butler : How'd You Like It?
• Ellis Parker Butler : Good-better-best
• Ellis Parker Butler : Golden Silence