In some parts of Missouri <br />some folks say 'Missourah' <br />instead of 'Missouree.' <br /> <br />When politicians mount <br />the podium at a county fair <br />to speak to straw-hat farmers <br /> <br />they say Missourah <br />with the oomph of a tuba <br />but in St. Louis they say <br /> <br />Missouree nicely <br />so city folks won't think <br />they're 'hoosiers.' <br /> <br />Some city folks call <br />country folks hoosiers <br />without malice. <br /> <br />Hoosiers are country folks <br />who move to the city <br />and never go home. <br /> <br />In some parts of Missouri <br />they say 'crouch' instead of <br />'crotch' and 'southmore' <br /> <br />instead of 'sophomore.' <br />It so happens that <br />Wilbur Fenster got <br /> <br />kicked in the crouch <br />playing soccer his <br />southmore year. <br /> <br />It was then a doctor <br />discovered he had an <br />undescended testicle. <br /> <br />Wilbur and Tammy, <br />his steady till then, thought <br />all boys only had one.<br /><br />Donal Mahoney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/missouree-or-missourah/
