Bib Ballads

<h3><SPAN name="DECLARATION_OF_INDEPENDENCE" id="DECLARATION_OF_INDEPENDENCE"></SPAN>DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE</h3> <div class="cpoem"> <p>"MYSELF!" It means that you don't care<br/> To have me lift you in your chair;<br/> That if I do, you'll rage and tear.<br/> <br/> "MYSELF!" It means you don't require<br/> Assistance from your willing sire<br/> In eating; 'twill but rouse your ire.<br/> <br/> "MYSELF!" It means when you are through<br/> That you don't want your daddy to<br/> Unseat you, as he used to do.<br/> <br/> Time was, and not so long ago,<br/> When you were carried to and fro<br/> And waited on, but now? No! No!<br/> <br/> You'd rather fall and break your head,<br/> Or fill your lap with cream and bread<br/> Than be helped up or down, or fed.<br/> <br/> Well, kid, I hope you'll stay that way<br/> And that there'll never come a day<br/> When you're without the strength to say,<br/> "MYSELF!"<br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/050.jpg" width-obs="566" height-obs="600" alt="" title="decoration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />