And let some other girl hold down her chair.

I wish my hair would get to turnin’ gray,

And ma would suddenly find out some day

That I was ten years older than she thunk,

And I would grow six inches while you wunk.

But what’s the use of wishin’, anyway?

Mike says nobody ever caught a fish

By simply settin’ down somewhere to wish;

He claims if all our wishes would come true

We’d none of us be happy any more,