O! 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, and 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' and chops the wood; An' nen he spades in our garden, too, An' does most things 'at boys can't do. He climbed 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WHEN THE KYE CAME HOME by JAMES HOGG A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 50 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN TO LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD, WITH MR. DONNE'S SATIRES by BEN JONSON SONNET: ADDRESSED TO HAYDON (1) by JOHN KEATS MARY'S GIRLHOOD (FOR A PICTURE): 1 by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |