A Song About Myself

I.
There was a naughty boy,
A naughty boy was he,
He would not stop at home,
He could not quiet be-
He too
In his napsac
A boo
!ull of "owels
And a shirt
#ith some towels,
A slight cap
!or night cap,
A hair brush,
$omb ditto,
%ew stocings
!or old ones
#ould split &'
This napsac
Tight at(s bac
He ri"etted close
And followed his nose
To the north,
To the north,
And follow(d his nose
To the north.
II.
There was a naughty boy
And a naughty boy was he,
!or nothing would he do
)ut scribble poetry-
He too
An in stand
In his hand
And a pen
)ig as ten
In the other,
And away
In a pother
He ran
To the mountains
And fountains
And ghostes
And postes
And witches
And ditches
And wrote
In his coat
#hen the weather
#as cool,
!ear of gout,
And without
#hen the weather
#as warm-
&ch the charm
#hen we choose
To follow one(s nose
To the north,
To the north,
To follow one(s nose
To the north'
III.
There was a naughty boy
And a naughty boy was he,
He ept little fishes
In washing tubs three
In spite
&f the might
&f the maid
%or afraid
&f his *ranny-good-
He often would
Hurly burly
*et up early
And go
)y hoo or croo
To the broo
And bring home
Miller(s thumb,
Tittlebat
%ot o"er fat,
Minnows small
As the stall
&f a glo"e,
%ot abo"e
The si+e
&f a nice
,ittle baby(s
,ittle fingers-
& he made
(Twas his trade
&f fish a pretty ettle
A ettle-
A ettle
&f fish a pretty ettle
A ettle'
I-.
There was a naughty boy,
And a naughty boy was he,
He ran away to Scotland
The people for to see-
There he found
That the ground
#as as hard,
That a yard
#as as long,
That a song
#as as merry,
That a cherry
#as as red,
That lead
#as as weighty,
That fourscore
#as as eighty,
That a door
#as as wooden
As in .ngland-
So he stood in his shoes
And he wonder(d,
He wonder(d,
He stood in his
Shoes and he wonder(d.