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object:1.jk - A Song About Myself
author class:John Keats
book class:Keats - Poems
subject class:Poetry
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I.
There was a naughty boy,
A naughty boy was he,
He would not stop at home,
He could not quiet be-
  He took
  In his knapsack
  A book
  Full of vowels
  And a shirt
  With some towels,
  A slight cap
  For night cap,
  A hair brush,
  Comb ditto,
  New stockings
  For old ones
  Would split O!
  This knapsack
  Tight at's back
  He rivetted close
And followed his nose
  To the north,
  To the north,
And follow'd his nose
  To the north.

II.
There was a naughty boy
And a naughty boy was he,
For nothing would he do
But scribble poetry-
  He took
  An ink stand
  In his hand
  And a pen
  Big as ten
  In the other,
  And away
  In a pother
  He ran
  To the mountains
  And fountains
  And ghostes
  And postes
  And witches
  And ditches
  And wrote
  In his coat
  When the weather
  Was cool,
  Fear of gout,
  And without
  When the weather
  Was warm-
  Och the charm
  When we choose
To follow one's nose
  To the north,
  To the north,
To follow one's nose
  To the north!

III.
There was a naughty boy
And a naughty boy was he,
He kept little fishes
In washing tubs three
  In spite
  Of the might
  Of the maid
  Nor afraid
  Of his Granny-good-
  He often would
  Hurly burly
  Get up early
  And go
  By hook or crook
  To the brook
  And bring home
  Miller's thumb,
  Tittlebat
  Not over fat,
  Minnows small
  As the stall
  Of a glove,
  Not above
  The size
  Of a nice
  Little baby's
  Little fingers-
  O he made
  'Twas his trade
Of fish a pretty kettle
  A kettle-
  A kettle
Of fish a pretty kettle
  A kettle!

IV.
There was a naughty boy,
And a naughty boy was he,
He ran away to Scotland
The people for to see-
  There he found
  That the ground
  Was as hard,
  That a yard
  Was as long,
  That a song
  Was as merry,
  That a cherry
  Was as red,
  That lead
  Was as weighty,
  That fourscore
  Was as eighty,
  That a door
  Was as wooden
  As in England-
So he stood in his shoes
  And he wonder'd,
  He wonder'd,
He stood in his
  Shoes and he wonder'd.
'In a letter to his sister, Keats makes a fresh start with -- "since I scribbled the Song we have walked through a beautiful Country to Kirkcudbright -- at which place I will write you a song about myself." He then proceeds with the very curious piece of doggerel now first given from the manuscript, and excuses himself on the plea of fatigue. My chief purpose in including these verses here is that students may note the variety of the pieces of this class addressed to different correspondents. Compare this with the Devon pieces sent to Haydon, and more particularly with The Gadfly, sent to Tom Keats a little later than this. I presume this piece should be dated the 3rd of July 1818.

(stanza 2): This is a genuine autobiographic reminiscence of the time when the young Keatses lived with their grandmother after the death of their parents.

(stanza 4): There is an under-current of dissatisfaction with things Caledonian in this fourth stanza; and indeed I do not think Keats ever got entirely rid of this during the whole of the tour, albeit he enjoyed many transient visitations of true enthusiasm inspired both by fine scenery and by associations.

~ Poetical Works of John Keats, ed. H. Buxton Forman, Crowell publ. 1895. © by owner. provided at no charge for educational purposes





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