Classic Poem

Said The Raggedy Man, on a hot afternoon:
My!
Sakes!
What a lot o' mistakes
Some little folks makes on The Man in the Moon!
But people that's be'n up to see him, like me ,
And calls on him frequent and intimuttly,
Might drop a few facts that would interest you
Clean!
Through! —
If you wanted 'em to —
Some actual facts that might interest you!

O The Man in the Moon has a crick in his back;
Whee!
Whimm!
Ain't you sorry for him?
And a mole on his nose that is purple and black;
And his eyes are so weak that they water and run
If he dares to dream even he looks at the sun, —
So he jes' dreams of stars, as the doctors advise —
My!
Eyes!
But isn't he wise —
To jes' dream of stars, as the doctors advise?
And The Man in the Moon has a boil on his ear —
Whee!
Whing!
What a singular thing!
I know! but these facts are authentic, my dear, —
There's a boil on his ear; and a corn on his chin —
He calls it a dimple — but dimples stick in —
Yet it might be a dimple turned over, you know!
Whang!
Ho!
Why, certainly so! —
It might be a dimple turned over, you know!

And The Man in the Moon has a rheumatic knee —
Gee!
Whizz!
What a pity that is!
And his toes have worked round where his heels ought to be. —
So whenever he wants to go North he goes South ,
And comes back with porridge-crumbs all round his mouth,
And he brushes them off with a Japanese fan,
Whing!
Whann!
What a marvelous man!
What a very remarkably marvelous man!

And The Man in the Moon, " sighed The Raggedy Man,
Gits!
So!
Sullonesome, you know, —
Up there by hisse'f sence creation began! —
That when I call on him and then come away,
He grabs me and holds me and begs me to stay, —
Till — Well! if it wasn't fer Jimmy-cumjim ,
Dadd!
Limb!
I'd go pardners with him —
Jes' jump my job here and be pardners with him!