Cute and wideawake!
Old and beat and crotchety—
Sixty-five, at least—
Knockin’ round the presbytery,
Groomin’ for the priest,
Choppin’ wood, and ringin’ bells,
Dodgin’ work and takin’ spells!
Me all right, one Ed’ard Wells
(Late Teddo Wells, deceased)—
Wheelin’ barrows round the yard,