Mamma gives me ev’rything, Calls me “Little Lamb,” When I’m good; but I’ll not say What she gave me yesterday, When she made me go away From a pot of jam.
“Why is that bell a-ringing?” asked the stranger of a boy Who did not seem to grasp the query’s scope: “I’m not quite certain, sir,” said the boy, “but I infer There must be someone pulling on the rope.”