When We Were Very, Very Young

A. A. Milne

I think I am a Muffin Man. I haven’t got a bell,

I haven’t got the muffin things that muffin-people sell.

Perhaps I am a Postman. No, I think I am a Tram.

I’m feeling rather funny and I don’t know what I am—

BUT

Round about

And round about

And round about I go—

All round the table,

The table in the nursery—

Round about

And round about

And round about I go:

I think I am a Traveller Escaping from a Bear;

I think I am an Elephant

Behind another Elephant

Behind another Elephant who isn’t really there....

Round about

And round about

And round about and round about

And round about

I go.

I think I am a Ticket Man, who’s selling tickets-please,

I think I am a Doctor who is visiting a Sneeze;

Perhaps I’m just a Nanny who is walking with a pram.

I’m feeling rather funny and I don’t know what I am—

BUT

Round about

And round about

And round about I go—

All round the table

The table in the nursery—

Round about

And round about

And round about I go:

I think I am a Puppy, so I’m hanging out my tongue:

I think I am a Camel Who

Is looking for a Camel Who

Is looking for a Camel who is Looking for its Young....

Round about

And round about

And round about and round about

And round about

I go.