The Raggedy Man

O The Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa;     An' he's the goodest man ever you saw!     He comes to our house every day,     An' waters the horses, an' feeds 'em hay;     An' he opens the shed - an' we all ist laugh     When he drives out our little old wobble-ly calf;     An' nen - ef our hired girl says he can -     He milks the cow fer 'Lizabuth Ann. -      Aint he a' awful good Raggedy Man?         Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!     W'y, The Raggedy Man - he's ist so good     He splits the kindlin' an' chops the wood;     An' nen he spades in our garden, too,     An' does most things 'at boys can't do! -     He clumbed clean up in our big tree     An' shooked a' apple down fer me -     An' nother'n', too, fer 'Lizabuth Ann -     An' nother'n', too, fer The Raggedy Man. -      Aint he a' awful kind Raggedy Man?         Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!     An' The Raggedy Man, he knows most rhymes     An' tells 'em, ef I be good, sometimes:     Knows 'bout Giunts, an' Griffuns, an' Elves,     An' the Squidgicum-Squees 'at swallers therselves!     An', wite by the pump in our pasture-lot,     He showed me the hole 'at the Wunks is got,     'At lives 'way deep in the ground, an' can     Turn into me, er 'Lizabuth Ann!      Aint he a funny old Raggedy Man?         Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!     The Raggedy Man - one time when he     Wuz makin' a little bow-'n'-orry fer me,     Says "When you're big like your Pa is,     Air you go' to keep a fine store like his -     An' be a rich merchunt - an' wear fine clothes? -     Er what air you go' to be, goodness knows!"     An' nen he laughed at 'Lizabuth Ann,     An' I says "'M go' to be a Raggedy Man! -      I'm ist go' to be a nice Raggedy Man!"         Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!