  IF anybody comes in late To dinner and don’t shut the gate, Or doesn’t sweep the porch, or go Right out and shovel off the snow, Or bring in wood or wipe his feet, Or leave the woodshed nice and neat— It’s me! If anybody doesn’t think To carry out the cow a drink, Or tracks mud on the kitchen floor, Or doesn’t shut the cellar door, Or leaves the broom out on the stoop, Or doesn’t close the chicken coop— It’s me! If anybody doesn’t bring The hammer in, or breaks a thing, Or dulls the axe, or doesn’t know What has become of so-and-so That’s lost for maybe six weeks past, If anybody had it last— It’s me! If anything is lost or gone, They’ve got some one to blame it on; I get the blame for all the rest Because I am the little-est; And if they have to blame some one For what is or what isn’t done— It’s me! |
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