by John Drinkwater
I want to know why when I'm late
For school, they get into a state,
But if invited out to tea
I must'n ever early be.
Why, if I'm eating nice and slow.
It's "Slowpoke, hurry up, you know!"
But if I'm eating nice and quick
It's "Gobble, gobble! You'll be sick!"
Why, when I'm walking in the street
My clothes must always be complete,
While at the seaside I recall
Its right with nothing much on at all!
Why I must always go to bed,
When older people don't instead
And why I have to say goodnight
Always before I'm ready, quite.
Why seeds grow up instead of down
Why sixpence isn't half a crown
Why kittens are so quickly cats,
And why the angels have no hats.
It seems however hard they try
That nobody can tell me why
So I know really, I suppose
As much as anybody knows.
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