.. The Poems and Prose Sketches of
James Whitcomb Riley

Armazindy

Charles Scribner's Sons . New York . 1898

Volume IX in the Collected works of Riley published by Scribner's.
The Homestead Edition .. 

.. 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".

Armazindy

Armazindy; -- fambily name
Ballenger, -- you'll find the same,
As her Daddy answered it,
And, like him, she's airnt the good
Will o' all the neighborhood. --
Name ain't down in History, --
but, i jucks! it ort to be!
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