Christmas Toys.

Say, I like toys,         Christmas toys.      Remember when we were boys         Long ago?      Then you were a kid         Not a beau.      And on Christmas Day,         Oh, say,      We got up in the dark         And had a jolly lark      Round the fire.         The cold air was shocking      As we peeped in our stocking--         And, way down in the toe,      Now say this is so--         Dad placed a dollar.      Made me holler.         Yes, sirree,      They were good to me.         Remember Jim?      Mean trick I did him.         You know Jim was surly?      Well I got up early         Took his dollar out,      And put a rock         In his sock.      Gee, he was mad,         Went and told dad;      But dad he just laughed         And said:      Might's well be dead         If you couldn't have fun.      Then for spite,         I kept that dollar 'til night.      Funny, seein' these toys         Made me think of us boys.      But now, Gee!         Christmas ain't like it used to be.