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!"