Who should come up the road one day <br />But the doctor-man in his two-wheel shay! <br />And he whoaed his horse and he cried "Ahoy! <br />I have brought you folks a bow-leg boy! <br /> Such a cute little boy! <br /> Such a funny little boy! <br /> Such a dear little bow-leg boy!" <br /> <br />He took out his box and he opened it wide, <br />And there was the bow-leg boy inside! <br />And when they saw that cunning little mite, <br />They cried in a chorus expressive of delight: <br /> "What a cute little boy! <br /> What a funny little boy! <br /> What a dear little bow-leg boy!" <br /> <br />Observing a strict geometrical law, <br />They cut out his panties with a circular saw; <br />Which gave such a stress to his oval stride <br />That the people he met invariably cried: <br /> "What a cute little boy! <br /> What a funny little boy! <br /> What a dear little bow-leg boy!" <br /> <br />They gave him a wheel and away he went <br />Speeding along to his heart's content; <br />And he sits so straight and he pedals so strong <br />That the folks all say as he bowls along: <br /> "What a cute little boy! <br /> What a funny little boy! <br /> What a dear little bow-leg boy!" <br /> <br />With his eyes aflame and his cheeks aglow, <br />He laughs "aha" and he laughs "oho"; <br />And the world is filled and thrilled with the joy <br />Of that jolly little human, the bow-leg boy-- <br /> The cute little boy! <br /> The funny little boy! <br /> The dear little bow-leg boy! <br /> <br />If ever the doctor-man comes my way <br />With his wonderful box in his two-wheel shay, <br />I 'll ask for the treasure I'd fain possess-- <br />Now, honest Injun! can't you guess? <br /> Why, a cute little boy-- <br /> A funny little boy-- <br /> A dear little bow-leg boy!<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bow-leg-boy/
