The Great Contest
Knees if you please
The Great Contest
The county had a contest, for human or for beast
It would be held in Troy, and there would be a feast
Bring the best specimen, the judges must agree
Which animal or human, had the cutest knees
Elwood fell out quickly, they only brought a dog
Wathena was the next to fall, with a bow legged frog
Highland got a few votes, with a Billy goat
Fanning was in the running, with a grunting shoat
Iowa Point looked like a winner, with a Jersey cow
Till Sparks unveiled a lovely, half grown Hampshire sow
White Cloud had two entries, entered in the race
The horse won the blue ribbon, the girl came in last place
