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Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, / An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away, / An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep, / An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep; / An' all us other childern, when the supper things is done, / We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun / A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about, / An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you / Ef you / Don't / Watch / Out!
Onc't they was a little boy wouldn't say his prayers, -- / So when he went to bed at night, away up stairs, / His Mammy heerd him holler, an' his Daddy heerd him bawl, / An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all!