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The Peppery Man |
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The Peppery Man was cross and thin; |
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He scolded out and scolded in; |
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He shook his fist, his hair he tore; |
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He stamped his feet and slammed the door. |
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Heigh ho, the Peppery Man, |
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The rabid, crabbed Peppery Man! |
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Oh, never since the world began |
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Was any one like the Peppery Man. |
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His ugly temper was so sour |
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He often scolded for an hour; |
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He gnashed his teeth and stormed and scowled, |
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He snapped and snarled and yelled and howled. |
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He wore a fierce and savage frown; |
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He scolded up and scolded down; |
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He scolded over field and glen, |
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And then he scolded back again. |
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His neighbors, when they heard his roars, |
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Closed their blinds and locked their doors, |
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Shut their windows, sought their beds, |
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Stopped their ears and covered their heads. |
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He fretted, chaffed, and boiled and fumed; |
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With fiery rage he was consumed, |
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And no one knew, when he was vexed, |
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What in the world would happen next. |
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Heigh ho, the Peppery Man, |
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The rabid, crabbed Peppery Man! |
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Oh, never since the world began |
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Was any one like the Peppery Man |
