Arithmetic? He knew it all

    From dividend to sum;

    But when he tells me how it was,

    My grandma, she says "Hum!"

    My pa—he always got the prize

    For never bein' late;

    An' when they studied joggerfy

    He knew 'bout every state.

    He says he knew the rivers, an'

    Knew all their outs an' ins;

    But when he tells me all o' that,

    My grandma, she just grins.

    My pa, he never missed a day

    A-goin' to the school,

    An' never played no hookey, nor

    Forgot the teacher's rule;

    An' every class he's ever in,

    The rest he always led.

    My grandma, when pa talks that way,

    Just laughs an' shakes her head.

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