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, and 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. Ain't he a awful good Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! W'y, the Raggedy Man—he's 'ist so good He splits the kindlin' and chops the wood; An' nen he spades in our garden, too, An' does most things 'at boys can't do. He climbed 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. Ain't he a awful kind Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEPARTURE PLATFORM by THOMAS HARDY A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD by RANDALL PARRISH WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MOON AND VENUS by ABUL MUGHIRA |