The Raggedy Man

¹O The Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa;

²An' he's the goodest man ever you saw!

³He comes to our house every day,

⁴An' waters the horses, an' feeds 'em hay;

⁵An' he opens the shed — an' we all ist laugh

⁶When he drives out our little old wobble-ly calf;

⁷An' nen — ef our hired girl says he can —

⁸He milks the cow fer 'Lizabuth Ann. —

⁹Ain't he a' awful good Raggedy Man?

¹⁰Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

¹¹W'y, The Raggedy Man — he's ist so good

¹²He splits the kindlin' an' chops the wood;

¹³An' nen he spades in our garden, too,

¹⁴An' does most things 'at boys can't do!

¹⁵He clumbed clean up in our big tree

¹⁶An' shooked a' apple down fer me —

¹⁷An' nuvver one, too, fer 'Lizabuth Ann —

¹⁸An' nuvver one, too, fer The Raggedy Man. —

¹⁹Ain't he a' awful kind Raggedy Man?

²⁰Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!