Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IX. Tragedy: Humor. 1904. | | | | Humorous Poems: III. Parodies: Imitations | | The Modern Hiawatha | | Anonymous |
| | | HE killed the noble Mudjokivis. | |
| Of the skin he made him mittens, | |
| Made them with the fur side inside, | |
| Made them with the skin side outside. | |
| He, to get the warm side inside, | 5 |
| Put the inside skin side outside; | |
| He, to get the cold side outside, | |
| Put the warm side fur side inside. | |
| That ’s why he put the fur side inside, | |
| Why he put the skin side outside, | 10 |
| Why he turned them inside outside. | | | | |
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