Edgar Albert Guest

Aunty

I’m sorry for a feller if he hasn’t any aunt,
To let him eat and do the things his mother says he can’t.
An aunt to come a visitin’ or one to go and see
Is just about the finest kind of lady there could be.
Of course she’s not your mother, an’ she hasn’t got her ways,
But a part that’s most important in a feller’s life she plays.
 
She is kind an’ she is gentle, an’ sometimes she’s full of fun,
An’ she’s very sympathetic when some dreadful thing you’ve done.
An’ she likes to buy you candy, an’ she’s always gettin’ toys
That you wish your Pa would get you, for she hasn’t any boys.
But sometimes she’s over-loving, an’ your cheeks turn red with shame
When she smothers you with kisses, but you like her just the same.
 
One time my father took me to my aunty’s, an’ he said:
‘You will stay here till I get you, an’ be sure you go to bed
When your aunty says it’s time to, an’ be good an’ mind her, too,
An’ when you come home we’ll try to have a big surprise for you.’
I did as I was told to, an’ when Pa came back for me
He said there was a baby at the house for me to see.
 
I’ve been visitin’ at aunty’s for a week or two, an’ Pa
Has written that he’s comin’ soon to take me home to Ma.
He says they’re gettin’ lonely, an’ I’m kind o’ lonely, too,
Coz an aunt is not exactly what your mother is to you.
I am hungry now to see her, but I’m wondering to-day
If Pa’s bought another baby in the time I’ve been away.
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