Little Orphant Annie

Little Orphant Annie
(Playing ~ Halloween Broomstick music, Cloud Eight)

Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay,
An' wash the cups and saucers up, an' brush the
crumbs away.
An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust
the hearth, an' sweep,
An' make the fire, an' bake the bread,
an' earn her board-an'-keep;
An' all us other children, when the supper
things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an' has
the mostest fun
A-list'nin' to the witch tales 'at
Annie tells about,

An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you

Ef
You
Don't
Watch
Out !

Onc't they was a little boy wouldn't say
his prayers, ~~
So when he went to bed at night,
away upstairs,
His Mammy heered him holler, an' his Daddy
heerd him bawl,
An' when they turn't the kivvers down,
he wasn't there at all !
An' they seeked him in the ratter room,
an' cubbyhole, an' press,
An' seeked him up the chimbly flue, an'
ever'wheres, I guess;
But all they ever found was thist his pants
an' roundabout: ~~

An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you

Ef
You
Don't
Watch
Out !

An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh
an' grin,
An' make fun of ever'one, an' all her blood
an' kin;
An' onc't, when they was "company," an' ole
folks was there,
She mocked 'em an' she shocked 'em, an'
said she didn't care !
An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't
to run an' hide,
There was two great big black things a standin'
by her side.
An' they snatched her through the ceilin'
'fore she knowed what she's about !

An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you

Ef
You
Don't
Watch
Out !

An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze
is blue,
An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind
goes woo-oo !
An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon
is gray,
An' the lightnin' bugs in dew is all
squenched away, ~~
You better mind yer parents and yer teachers
fond an' dear,
An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry
the orphant's tear,
An' he'p the pore an' needy ones 'at clusters
all about,

Er the Gobble-uns 'll git you

You

Don't

Watch

Out !

~ by James Whitcomb Riley
1849-1916

~~~~~

I remember this poem well from my childhood. It was something I remembered as a "good" scare ~ not something that terrorized.

Recently this poem came to my memory again, and, after discovering the author, I was able to find it. I hope it will bring back memories for you, and perhaps the young ones among your family and friends can enjoy it.

While searching the Internet for the poem, I ran across an interesting site about Little Orphan Annie that might interest you.
http://www.liss.olm.net/loahp/

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