Giant and the star : little annals in rhyme / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

I CAN'T get up with the chickens; I can't get up at dark: And what do I care for the early worm? And what do I care for the lark?

I can't do this or that thing; I can't do things like you; And the thing that I do most frequent Is the thing I never do.

I can't go where I would go, Though I go from morn till eve; But some place I go wherever I go Whenever a place I leave.

For the law of the road is this law, And the law is right and good:Just go your ways and take no heed Of how you get your food.

And the law of the road is this law, And the law is one to keep: It never matters, wherever you are, So you have a place to sleep.

And the law of the road is this law, And the law — may it grow and grow! Wherever you go and whatever you do Let no one ever know.