A childs view of a hired hand who was good at entertaining his bosses children as he did his work.

James Whitcomb Riley, American author. Member American Academy Arts and Letters.

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1 O the Raggedy Man He works fer Pa 2 An hes the goodest man ever you saw 3 He comes to our house every day. 53 An' wunst, when The Raggedy Man come late, 54 An' pigs ist root' thue the garden-gate, 55 He 'tend like the pigs 'uz bears an' said, 56 "Old Bear-shooter'll shoot 'em dead!" 57 An' race' an' chase' 'em, an' they'd ist run 58 When he pint his hoe at 'em like it's a gun 59 An' go "Bang! - - Bang!" nen 'tend he stan' 60 An' load up his gun ag'in!

James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man".

James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American poet, and author.

Little Orphant Annie" is an 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by the Bowen-Merrill Company. First titled "The Elf Child", the name was changed by Riley to "Little Orphant Allie" at its third printing; however, a typecasting error during printing renamed the poem to its current form. Known as the "Hoosier poet", Riley wrote the rhymes in nineteenth-century Hoosier dialect.

Anne Hills - The Raggedy Man 02:59. Anne Hills - The Lugubrious Whing-Whang 03:02. Anne Hills - The Little Coat 03:16. Anne Hills - Lullaby 04:56.

The Raggedy Man by James Whitcomb Riley Illus by Ethel Franklin Betts 1919. Ставок: 0. Подробнее. Printed in 1919 When The Frost Is On The Punkin: And Other Poems James Whitcomb Riley (1911).

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