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A Scotchman Whose Name Was Isbister: Poem by Ellis Parker Butler

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A Scotchman whose name was Isbister
Had a maiden giraffe he called 'sister'
When she said 'Oh, be mine,
Be my sweet Valentine!'
He just shinned up her long neck and kissed her.

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