Guy Wetmore Carryl,
Grimm Tales Made Gay — How Hop O’ My Thumb Got Rid of an Onus
(1902)
“ He placed his hand upon his heart, And said: “You think you’re awful smart, But I have foiled you thus!” His parents humbly bent the knee, And meekly said: “H. O. M. T., You’re one too much for us!” ”
