Who gazed into my heavy eye,

And said, “A powder we must try;

This horrid child, he lives too high?”

Dear Nursy-pursy.

Who, when I yell’d, cried, “Hold your din!”

Or choked me with a drop of gin

(It wasn’t spasms, but a pin)?

Dear Nursy-pursy.

Who on my toddlums let me run

Much sooner than she should have done,