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THE JANITOR'S BOY by NATHALIA CRANE

First Line: OH I'M IN LOVE WITH THE JANITOR'S BOY
Last Line: "WITH THE JANITOR'S RED-HAIRED BOY."
Subject(s): ESCAPES; JANITORS; LOVE - BEGINNINGS; FUGITIVES;

OH I'm in love with the janitor's boy,
And the janitor's boy loves me;
He's going to hunt for a desert isle
In our geography.

A desert isle with spicy trees
Somewhere near Sheepshead Bay;
A right nice place, just fit for two,
Where we can live alway.

Oh I'm in love with the janitor's boy,
He's busy as he can be;
And down in the cellar he's making a raft
Out of an old settee.

He'll carry me off, I know that he will,
For his hair is exceedingly red;
And the only thing that occurs to me
Is to dutifully shiver in bed.

The day that we sail, I shall leave this brief note,
For my parents I hate to annoy:
"I have flown away to an isle in the bay
With the janitor's red-haired boy."



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