Hik-Tee-Dik! - The War-Cry Of Billy And Buddy

When two little boys - renowned but for noise -         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy! -      May hurt a whole school, and the head it employs,         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      Such loud and hilarious pupils indeed      Need learning - and yet something further they need,      Though fond hearts that love them may sorrow and bleed.         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      O the schoolmarm was cool, and in no wise a fool;         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      And in ruling her ranks it was her rule to rule;         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      So when these two pupils conspired, every day,      Some mad piece of mischief, with whoop and hoo-ray,      That hurt yet defied her, - how happy were they! -         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      At the ring of the bell they 'd rush in with a yell -         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      And they'd bang the school-door till the plastering fell,         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      They'd clinch as they came, and pretend not to see      As they knocked her desk over - then, My! and O-me!      How awfully sorry they'd both seem to be!         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!           This trick seemed so neat and so safe a conceit, -         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy! -      They played it three times - though the third they were beat;         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!      For the teacher, she righted her desk - raised the lid      And folded and packed away each little kid -      Closed the incident so - yes, and locked it, she did -         Hik-tee-dik! Billy and Buddy!