  Young Billy from his lovely home disappeared one day, And when his mother missed her lad she thought he'd run away, But soon the sprightly little chap came quickly running back, Bearing on his shoulders small, a large round leather sack, And said, "Dear mother, I have been a very good, kind boy, Trying like the Bible says, to bring our neighbors joy. I played I was a postman and I paid each one a call, And to the people in this block, I gave them letters all." MOTHER: "But where, my precious little lad, my darling honey pet, BILLY: "I found them with no trouble; they were the ones that you Kept 'way up in your bureau drawer, all tied with ribbons blue." |
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