< Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems

REPARTEE.

One Mr. B--
A joker he,
While in a jovial mood,
Tried to explain
To neighbor N
A joke which he thought good.
His hearer, Neff,
Was very deaf,
And couldn't catch the joke;
Whereat B smiled,
Though slightly "riled,"
And thus to him he spoke: —
"'Tis plain to me
As A B C,
My dear friend, Mr. Neff!"
"Oh, yes! but then,"
Says Mr. N ,
"You know I'm D E F!"
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