1911 Little Willies Book, No. XXV
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Willie, while the ice was thin,
Tried to skate and he fell in.
Willie tasted rather nice,
When they cut the pond for ice.
1911 Little Willies Book, No. XXVI
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Baby’s in the ice-cream freezer,
Willie turns the crank to squeeze her;
Ma says: — “Dear, the way that’s fixed
You’ll have the child completely mixed.”
An earlier version of this verse was published in an 1909 issue of Life.