Dady's Boy

It is time for bed, so the nurse declares, But I slip off to the nook, The cozy nook at the head of the stairs, Where daddy's reading his book. 'I want to sit here awhile on your knee,' I say, as I toast my feet, 'And I want you to pop some corn for me, And give me an apple sweet.' I tickle him under the chin-just so- And I say, 'Please can't I, dad?' Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no To his own little black-eyed lad. 'You can't have a pony this year at all,' Says my stingy Uncle Joe, After promising it-and there's the stall Fixed ready for it, you know. One can't depend on his uncle, I see, It's daddies that are the best, And I find mine and climb up on his knee As he takes his smoke and rest. I tickle him under the chin-just so- And I say, 'Please can't I, dad?' Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no To his own little black-eyed lad. I want to skate, and oh, what a fuss For fear I'll break through the ice! This woman that keeps our house for us, She isn't what I call nice. She wants a boy to be just like a girl, To play in the house all day, Keep his face all clean and his hair in curl, But dad doesn't think that way. I tickle him under the chin-just so- And I say, 'Please can't I, dad?' Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no To his own little black-eyed lad. 'You're growing so big,' says my dad to me. 'Soon be a man, I suppose, Too big to climb on your old dad's knee And toast your ten little toes.' Then his voice it gets the funniest shake, And oh, but he hugs me tight! I say, when I can't keep my eyes awake, 'Let me sleep with you to-night.' I tickle him under the chin-just so- And I say, 'Please can't I, dad?' Then I kiss his mouth so he can't say no To his own little black-eyed lad.