And, worse than all, there’s girls—oh, holy smoke!

Are they a crime, or are they just a joke

Upon a boy?

And then, there’s always somebody to jaw

When you’re a boy—

Somebody always laying down the law

To every boy;

“Pick up your coat; see where you’ve put your hat;

Don’t stone the dog, don’t tease the poor old cat;

Don’t race around the house”—why, suffrin’ Moses!