A Heart To Heart Talk

THEY tell me that I 'm spoiling you, I The neighbors say that you should be For all the awful things you do, Laid face down over daddy's knee And spanked and put to bed. That 'a what The neighbors say, but what say you? You think you should be loved a lot? Well, somehow daddy thinks so, too. They tell me that it isn't right For me always to take your part, I've heard it said you often fight, And that you'll break your mother's heart. The neighbors say that you are bad And should be whipped, but what say you? You think you are too small a lad To whip. Well, daddy thinks so, too. What would you do if I were you, And you were daddy, and they came And told, as people always do, My little deeds, and cried: 'For shame'? Would you put me across your knee And spank me as you ought to do? What's that? You think you 'd try to be Forgiving. Well, I think so, too.