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And here is our friend Mr. Razorstrop, / Cutting Miss Daisy's hair, / She said she was tired of wearing taup, / And curls she could not bear.
She never could see why people need have / Hair all over their eyes, / It's such a trouble to have it combed out, / She nearly always cries.
So Louise said, "I'm Mr. Razorstrop, / I'll make a boy of you, / I'll cut off your hair, and then you can wear, / Trousers and jackets too."
"Ah, that will be nice," said Daisy, "What fun / To be a boy like Guy, / I'll play marbles and tops, I'll climb and run, / And stay out doors, won't I?"
But when it was done, she suddenly thought, / "Mama won't have any girls, / For Guy's a boy, and Percy's a boy, / What shall I do for curls?"
Her cousin Louise said, "Never you mind, / Perhaps we can tie them on, / And if you say you're truly a girl, / Your mama won't think they're gone. "