It’s an historic downtown
You can tell
Because of the sign that says:
Historic Downtown
I’m glad they cleared that up
It has an ice cream store
Fifteen of them in fact
Just like in the time of the pioneers
When, after a hard day of clearing the land of stumps and fighting off cholera
They’d all go for a frozen treat
It also has a shoe store
Twelve of them
Because the pioneers wore out shoes
Very quickly
And were quick to ridicule
Unfashionable footwear
The Historic Downtown also has old spelling
All the stores are called “Shoppes”
Some of them don’t even have modern articles
Like “Ye Olde Shoe and Ice Creame Shoppe”
That is how historic it is
It takes my breath away
It really does
As I lick my ice cream
And take a big bite
Of the shoe