James Whitcomb Riley,
The Fishing Party
(1890)
“ Me an' her was home; an' Pa Said he wished so worse'n Ma. Pa said ef you talk, er say Anything, er sneeze, er play Hain't no fish, alive er dead, Ever go' to bite! he said. Purt' nigh dark in town when we Got back home; an' Ma, says she, Now she'll have a fish for shore! An' she buyed one at the store. Nen at supper Pa he won't Eat no fish, an' says, he don't Like 'em - An' he pounded me When I choked!...Ma, didn't he? This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”
