Primer and slate, primer and slate!
Hurry up, mother! I fear I am late.
A, B, C, D, and 1, 2, 3, 4,
Must be studied, so I can recite them once more.
Primer and slate, primer and slate,
Must be carefully conned if we hope to be great:
A man cannot hope much of a man to be,
Unless, when a boy, he has learned A, B, C.