And quite content to have me go;

But still I had my share of fun,

In spite of all the scolding done.

In tricks and pranks I took delight,

And misbehaved with all my might;

In tact and lessons I excelled,

Or I should long since been expelled.

The merits that I got to-day

To-morrow’s marks would wipe away.

But, at the end of every term,