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 meI ’m a big boy—don’t you see?