Early and late, early and late,

Little Boy swings on the garden gate.

“It isn’t a gate; it’s a big balloon!

I’m going to sail till I reach the moon.

I’ll play with the Man as hard as I can,

And I’ll stir up the stars with a great horn spoon.”

Early and late, early and late,

Little Boy swings on the garden gate.

“It isn’t a gate; it’s—” off runs he,