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The Janitor’s Boy and Other Poems

by Nathalia Crane

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The Janitor’s Boy

Oh I’m in love with the janitor’s boy,
  And the janitor’s boy loves me;
He’s going to hunt for a desert isle
  In our geography.

A desert isle with spicy trees
  Somewhere near Sheepshead Bay;
A right nice place, just fit for two
  Where we can live alway.

Oh I’m in love with the janitor’s boy,
  He’s busy as he can be;
And down in the cellar he’s making a raft
  Out of an old settee.

He’ll carry me off, I know that he will,
  For his hair is exceedingly red;
And the only thing that occurs to me
  Is to dutifully shiver in bed.

The day that we sail, I shall leave this brief note,
  For my parents I hate to annoy:
“I have flown away to an isle in the bay
  With the janitor’s red-haired boy.”

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