And with that she <br />began nursing her child again, singing a sort of <br />lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a vio <br />lent shake at the end of every line: -- -- <br /> "Speak roughly to your little boy, <br /> And beat him when he sneezes; <br /> He only does it to annoy, <br /> Because he knows it teases."CHORUS <br />(in which the cook and the baby joined): -- -- "Wow! wow! wow!"While the Duchess sang the second verse of <br />the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up <br />and down, and the poor little thing howled so, <br />that Alice could hardly hear the words: -- -- <br /> "I speak severely to my boy, <br /> I beat him when he sneezes; <br /> For he can thoroughly enjoy <br /> The pepper when he pleases!" CHORUS"Wow! wow! wow!"<br /><br />Lewis Carroll<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/speak-roughly-to-your-little-boy/
