The Modern Hiawatha
(Excerpt from "Song of Milkanwatha")
Parody of "Song of Hiawatha" by Longfellow.

by Marc Antony Henderson (Rev. George A. Strong, 1832–1912)
@bartleby and @holyjoe.org

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,
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,
Why he turned them inside outside.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

memorized and performed by a group upon stage before a cub pack 1960.