Whenever Jack is sent to school,

He, playing truant, plays the fool:

Or else he goes, with sloven looks

And hands unclean, to spoil the books—

To spill the ink, or make a noise,

Disturbing good and studious boys;

Till all who find what Jack's about

Within the school, must wish him out.

If ever Jack at church appears,

He knows not, cares not, what he hears.