Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 - Unknown

At evening when the lamp is lit,

Around the fire my parents sit;

They sit at home and talk and sing.

And do not play at anything.

Now, with my little gun, I crawl

All in the dark along the wall,

And follow round the forest track

Away behind the sofa back.

There, in the night, where none can spy,