Daddy's Boy.

    It is time for bed, so the nurse declares,
    But I slip off to the nook,
    The cozy nook at the head of the stairs,
    Where daddy's reading his book.

    "I want to sit here awhile on your knee,"
    I say, as I toast my feet,
    "And I want you to pop some corn for me,
    And give me an apple sweet."

    I tickle him under the chin - just so -
    And I say, "Please can't I, dad?"
    Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no
    To his own little black-eyed lad.

    "You can't have a pony this year at all,"
    Says my stingy Uncle Joe,
    After promising it - and there's the stall
    Fixed ready for it, you know.

    One can't depend on his uncle, I see,
    It's daddies that are the best,
    And I find mine and climb up on his knee
    As he takes his smoke and rest.

    I tickle him under the chin - just so -
    And I say, "Please can't I, dad?"
    Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no
    To his own little black-eyed lad.

    I want to skate, and oh, what a fuss
    For fear I'll break through the ice!
    This woman that keeps our house for us,
    She isn't what I call nice.

    She wants a boy to be just like a girl,
    To play in the house all day,
    Keep his face all clean and his hair in curl,
    But dad doesn't think that way.

    I tickle him under the chin - just so -
    And I say, "Please can't I, dad?"
    Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no
    To his own little black-eyed lad.

    "You're growing so big," says my dad to me.
    "Soon be a man, I suppose,
    Too big to climb on your old dad's knee
    And toast your ten little toes."

    Then his voice it gets the funniest shake,
    And oh, but he hugs me tight!
    I say, when I can't keep my eyes awake,
    "Let me sleep with you to-night."

    I tickle him under the chin - just so -
    And I say, "Please can't I, dad?"
    Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no
    To his own little black-eyed lad.