Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

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    ““Be careful what you do,
    Or Mumbo-Jumbo, god of the Congo,
    And all of the other
    Gods of the Congo,
    Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you,”
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    “Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
    He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
    And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;”
    —Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)

    “But I’ll do my best a gude wife ay to be,
    For auld Robin Gray he is kind unto me.”
    —Lady Anne Lindsay (1750–1825)