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This morning he went down with me to watch the big parade,

He was so dreadful busy that he oughtn’t to have stayed,

He said he’d seen it all before and all the reason he

Went down and watched it coming was because it’s new to me.

Then we walked to the circus grounds and Pop he says: “I guess

You want a glass of lemonade, of course,” and I says: “Yes.”

And he bought one for each of us, and when he drank his he

Told me he drank it only just to keep me company;

And then he says, “The sideshow is, I s’pose, the same old sell,

But everybody’s goin’ in, so we might just as well.”

He said he’d seen it all before, and all the reason he

Went in and saw it was because it was all new to me.

Well, by and by we both came out and went in the big tent,

And saw the lions and tigers and the bigges’ elephant

With chains on his front corner and an awful funny nose

That looks around for peanuts that the crowd of people throws;

And Pop, he bought some peanuts and it curled its nose around

Until it found most every one that he threw on the ground;