A Very Polite Little Boy.

A Very Polite Little Boy.

Boy bowing

I knew a little boySo exceedingly polite;He wouldn’t leave the room, unlessHe asked you if he might;His hair was always smooth,And he looked so spick and span,You really might have thoughtHe was a wooden little man!One day as he beganTo remark, “Sir, if you please—”Intending to apologizeIf he should chance to sneeze;Quite suddenly he gaveA funny little shriek,And everybody jumped intoThe middle of next week.And the little boy himself,Very nearly died of fright:Because he’d been so veryVery, very impolite!

I knew a little boySo exceedingly polite;He wouldn’t leave the room, unlessHe asked you if he might;His hair was always smooth,And he looked so spick and span,You really might have thoughtHe was a wooden little man!One day as he beganTo remark, “Sir, if you please—”Intending to apologizeIf he should chance to sneeze;Quite suddenly he gaveA funny little shriek,And everybody jumped intoThe middle of next week.And the little boy himself,Very nearly died of fright:Because he’d been so veryVery, very impolite!

I knew a little boySo exceedingly polite;He wouldn’t leave the room, unlessHe asked you if he might;His hair was always smooth,And he looked so spick and span,You really might have thoughtHe was a wooden little man!

I knew a little boy

So exceedingly polite;

He wouldn’t leave the room, unless

He asked you if he might;

His hair was always smooth,

And he looked so spick and span,

You really might have thought

He was a wooden little man!

One day as he beganTo remark, “Sir, if you please—”Intending to apologizeIf he should chance to sneeze;Quite suddenly he gaveA funny little shriek,And everybody jumped intoThe middle of next week.

One day as he began

To remark, “Sir, if you please—”

Intending to apologize

If he should chance to sneeze;

Quite suddenly he gave

A funny little shriek,

And everybody jumped into

The middle of next week.

And the little boy himself,Very nearly died of fright:Because he’d been so veryVery, very impolite!

And the little boy himself,

Very nearly died of fright:

Because he’d been so very

Very, very impolite!


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