  SOMEBODY stood up right on top of a chair An’ reached in the cooky-jar, way, way up there, W’en nobody’s lookin’ an’ Mamma’s asleep, An’ all of us chinnern wuz playin’ Bo-peep Now’eres near the pantry; an’ tryin’ to get Some cookies, an’ someway the jar got upset, An’ my! it ’ist busted all over the floor. But John, he ain’t scairt; an’ he rapped on the door, W’ile all of us chinnern we runned off an’ hid, An’ ’en he says: “Ma, see w’at Somebody did!” An’ all of us chinnern we runned off an’ hid, ’Cuz we don’t know who done it—but Somebody did! Somebody crawled up in the big leather chair By the lib’ary table w’at stood over there W’en we wuz a-playin’ now’eres near the ink An’ Mamma was sewin’—an’ w’at do you think? Somebody upset it and knocked it, ’ist Chug! Right off’n the table an’ down on the rug, An’ my! it ’ist busted an’ runned everyw’eres. But John, he ain’t scairt; an’ he runned right upstairs, W’ile all of us chinnern we runned off an’ hid, An’ ’en he says: “Ma, see w’at Somebody did! An’ all of us chinnern we runned off an’ hid, ’Cuz we don’t know who done it—but Somebody did! An’ wunst w’en the kitchen wuz all scrubbed so clean, The floor wuz ’ist shiny as ever you seen, An’ we wuz all playin’ outdoors in the street, Somebody went in with the muddies’ feet An’ tracked it all over the floor, ’ist a sight; An’ my! when we seen it we ’ist shook with fright, ’Cuz none of us chinnern went near it all day. But John, he ain’t scairt; an’ he went right away, W’ile all of us chinnern we runned off an’ hid, An’ ’en he says: “Ma, see w’at Somebody did!” An’ all of us chinnern we runned off an’ hid, ’Cuz we don’t know who done it—but Somebody did! |
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