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"Myself! " It means that you don't care / To have me lift you in your chair; / That if I do, you'll rage and tear.
"Myself! " It means you don't require / Assistance from your willing sire / In eating; 'twill but rouse your ire.
"Myself! " It means when you are through / That you don't want your daddy to / Unseat you, as he used to do.
Time was, and not so long ago, / When you were carried to and fro / And waited on, but now? No! No!
You'd rather fall and break your head, / Or fill your lap with cream and bread / Than be helped up or down, or fed.
Well, kid, I hope you'll stay that way / And that there'll never come a day / When you're without the strength to say, / "Myself! "