PLAYING TABLEAUX.
Mother dressed us up for tableaux,Little Cousin Lu and me;And I heard the people saying,We were cute as we could be!Maybe Lu looked rather pretty,But a boy dressed up like that,With a great long coat around him,And his Father’s new silk hat,Feels like running off and hiding;And I would have done it, too,If I hadn’t promised Mother,I would be as good as Lu.Lu was dressed in shining satin,With a veil fixed on her head,Just like Aunt Lucille last summer,When she married Uncle Ned.But I mean to marry Mother,When I’ve grown up big and strong;I was six years old last Sunday,So it won’t take very long.When I told her all about it,She just laughed and shook her head,“When you’re quite grown up, my laddie,You’ll ask someone else instead.”
Mother dressed us up for tableaux,Little Cousin Lu and me;And I heard the people saying,We were cute as we could be!Maybe Lu looked rather pretty,But a boy dressed up like that,With a great long coat around him,And his Father’s new silk hat,Feels like running off and hiding;And I would have done it, too,If I hadn’t promised Mother,I would be as good as Lu.Lu was dressed in shining satin,With a veil fixed on her head,Just like Aunt Lucille last summer,When she married Uncle Ned.But I mean to marry Mother,When I’ve grown up big and strong;I was six years old last Sunday,So it won’t take very long.When I told her all about it,She just laughed and shook her head,“When you’re quite grown up, my laddie,You’ll ask someone else instead.”
Mother dressed us up for tableaux,Little Cousin Lu and me;And I heard the people saying,We were cute as we could be!Maybe Lu looked rather pretty,But a boy dressed up like that,With a great long coat around him,And his Father’s new silk hat,
Mother dressed us up for tableaux,
Little Cousin Lu and me;
And I heard the people saying,
We were cute as we could be!
Maybe Lu looked rather pretty,
But a boy dressed up like that,
With a great long coat around him,
And his Father’s new silk hat,
Feels like running off and hiding;And I would have done it, too,If I hadn’t promised Mother,I would be as good as Lu.Lu was dressed in shining satin,With a veil fixed on her head,Just like Aunt Lucille last summer,When she married Uncle Ned.
Feels like running off and hiding;
And I would have done it, too,
If I hadn’t promised Mother,
I would be as good as Lu.
Lu was dressed in shining satin,
With a veil fixed on her head,
Just like Aunt Lucille last summer,
When she married Uncle Ned.
But I mean to marry Mother,When I’ve grown up big and strong;I was six years old last Sunday,So it won’t take very long.When I told her all about it,She just laughed and shook her head,“When you’re quite grown up, my laddie,You’ll ask someone else instead.”
But I mean to marry Mother,
When I’ve grown up big and strong;
I was six years old last Sunday,
So it won’t take very long.
When I told her all about it,
She just laughed and shook her head,
“When you’re quite grown up, my laddie,
You’ll ask someone else instead.”
—Lillian Howard Cork.