Chanson Innocent

II

by E.E. Cummings

hist      whist

little ghostthings

tip-toe

twinkle-toe

5  

little twitchy

witches and tingling

goblins

hob-a-nob       hob-a-nob

little hoppy happy

10  

toad in tweeds

tweeds

little itchy mousies

with scuttling

eyes      rustle and run      and

15  

hidehidehide

whisk

whisk      lookout for the old woman

with the wart on her nose

what she'll do to yer

20  

nobody knows

for she knows the devil       ooch

the devil        ouch

the devil

ach       the great

25  

green

dancing

devil

devil

devil

30  

devil

wheeEEE








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