St. Nicholas/Volume 13/Number 7/Knickerbocker Boy

by Caroline S. King

The Knickerbocker Boy.

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By Caroline S. King.

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I.

I ’m a knickerbocker boy!
 See my coat and breeches!
Cuffs and collar, pocket too—
 Made with many stitches!
I must have a watch and chain,
A silk umbrella and a cane.—
No more kilts and skirts for me!
I ’m a big boy—don’t you see?

II.

Knickerbockers! Knickerbockers!
 Give away my other clothes!
Give away my horse with rockers;
 I want one that really goes.
Two brisk, prancing goats will do;
But I ’d like a wagon too.
No more chairs hitched up for me
I ’m a big boy—don’t you see?