Since Willie fell from his bumper ride,
Was dragged through gravel and lost some hide,
It may be weeks before he can sit.
Pa says Will has plenty of grit.

— Russo

Published January 1, 1954 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Willie floated o’er the falls,
Amid his friends’ most frantic calls.
His father cried, “How sad the day
Our children start to drift away.”

— Jesse M. Hays

Published August 21, 1953 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Willie, having fun with matches,
Burned his mother’s Easter bonnet.
There’s a place where some wear patches–
Willie now can’t sit upon it.

–Gibbs

Published April 25, 1952 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Willie, hitting at a ball,
  Lined one down the school-house hall.
Through his door came Dr. Hill;
  Several teeth are missing still.

Published in the Liguorian, Volume 33, Redemptorists, 1945.

Willie got some Jap-a-lac*,
Very shiny, very black,
Caught his little sister, Sou:
Willie said, “This is on you.”
Little Sou was dumb with fear,
So Willie left a Sou-veneer.

Published in The Independent, Volume 64, S.W. Bennett, 1908.

*Jap-a-lac was a “floor varnish and stain combined.”

From Gatochy’s photostream on Flickr.