I Ought To Mustn'T

The chair was so near, and the shelf was so low, And I opened the door just in time to see The last of the coveted caramels go, While a look imploring was cast on me, "I ought to mustn't, I know!"

The chair was so near, and the shelf was so low,-- To punish, alas! no courage I had: And I did as, perhaps, you yourself might do,-- I kissed her, right there, so sweet and so bad! But "I ought to mustn't," I knew!