The Raggedy Man

THE RAGGEDY MAN! He works fer Pa; An' he's the Goodest man ever you saw! He comes to our house every day, An' waters the horses, an' feeds `em hay; An' he opens the shed---an' we all ist laugh When he drives out our little old wobble-ly calf; An' nen---ef our hired girl says he can--- He milks the cow fer `Lizabuth Ann.--- Ain't he a' awful good Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

W'y, The Raggedy Man---He's ist so good He splits the kindlin' an' chops the wood; An' nen he spades in our garden, too, An' does most things `at boys can't do.--- He clumbed clean up in our big tree--- An' shooked a' apple down fer me--- An' nother'n too, fer `Lizabuth Ann--- An' nother'n, too, fer The Raggedy Man.--- Ain't he a' awful kind Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

An' The Raggedy Man, he knows most rhymes An'n tells `em ef I be good, sometime; Knows `bout Giunts, an' Griffuns, an' Elves, An' the Squidgicum-Squees `at swallers therselves! An', wite by the pump in our pasture-lot, He showed me the hole `at the Wunks is got, `At live `way deep in the ground, an' can Turn into me, er `Lizabuth Ann! Ain't he a funny old Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

The Raggedy Man---one time when he Was makin' a little bow-'n-'orry fer me, Says, "When you're big like your Pa is, Air you go' to keep a fine store like his--- An' be a rich merchunt---an' wear fine clothes?--- Er what air you go' to be goodness knows!" An'nen he laughed at `Lizabuth Ann, An' I says, "`M go' to be a Raggedy Man! I'm ist go' to be a nice Raggedy Man!" Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!