Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor — The Man in the Moon

[Illustration: THE MAN IN THE MOON] 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 just dreams of stars, as the doctors advise-- My!

Eyes!

But isn't he wise-- To just 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!