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Raggedy Man, The
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By Others Oh, 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 wobbledy 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' shook a' apple down fer me -
An' nother'n, too, fer 'Lisabuth 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' tells 'em, ef I be good, sometimes:
Knows about Giunts, an' Griffuns, 'an Elves,
An' the Squidgicum-Squees 'at swallers therselves!
An', right by the pump inour pasture-lot,
He showed me the hole 'at the Wunks is got.
'At lives 'way deep in the ground, 'an can
Turn into me, er 'Lizabuth Ann!
Ain't he a awful funny Raggedy Man?
Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!
The Raggedy Man - one time when he
Wuz makin' a little bow-'n'-orry fer me,
Says "When you're big like yer Pa is,
Air you go' to keep a fine store like his -
An' be a rich merchant - an' wear fine clothes?
Er what air you go' to be, goodness knows!"
An' ne 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!
