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Robert Harrison
Guest
LITTLE BOY DREAMING
LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM AS I LAY TUCKED UP IN MY BED,
I DREAMED OF THE CASTAWAY CURUSOE, AND OF PINOCHO WITH HIS WOODEN HEAD.
I DREAMED OF THE SAILOR GULIVER WHO LOOKED SO VERY TALL TO THE
PEOPLE IF LILLIPUT, WHO WERE SO VERY VERY SMALL.
I RODE THE WILD WIND WITH WENDY AND PETER PAN,
I THEN SWAM THE DEEP RIVER CARRYING THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
I ENJOYED A FINE TEA WITH SWEET GOLDILOCKS,
AND HELPED LITTLE BOW PEEP FIND HER SHEEP THAT WERE LOST.
I FOUGHT ALONG SIDE LONG JOHN SILVER ON THE DECK OF HIS SHIP,
THEN SWAGGERED THAT DECK WITH CUTLASS AT MY HIP.
I SAT NEXT TO SIR LANCELOT AT THE TABLE SO ROUND,
AND TALKED WITH LORD BASKERVILLE AND STROKED HIS FIERCE HOUND.
I HELPED SOLVE A MYSTERY WITH SHIRLOCK HOLMES,
ABOUT DAVIE JONES LOCKER AND WHERE IT COULD BE FOUND.
THEN WITH SLEEPY AND DOPEY AND BASHFUL AND DOC,
WE CHASED THE MOUSE UP HIS HICKERY DICKERY CLOCK.
I WALKED TO LONDON WITH DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT,
AND ROAMED ROBINS FOREST WITH BOW AND ARROWS ON MY BACK.
(AND THE FOREST WAS BEAUTIFUL)
THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF MY ROOM WAS DARK AND STILL,
BUT I WAS SAFE IN MY BED AND WOULD HAVE REMAINED THERE STILL
IF I HAD NOT GONE TO MOUNT EVEREST TO START CLIMBING
WITH SIR HILLERY AND HIS FAITHFUL GUIDE SHERPA TENSING.
I MET THE THREE WISE MEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE STAR,
THEY WERE CARRYING GIFTS AND HAD COME FROM AFAR
TO VISIT THE BABE JESUS WHOME THE SHEPHERDS HAD TOLD,
LAY IN A MANGER WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES.
I KNELT WITH THE SHEPHERDS AND THE THREE WISE MEN,
AND I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER RIGHT THERE AND THEN.
AND I PRAYED FOR PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO EVERYONE,
AND I CRIED AS I LOOKED AT BABY JESUS, GOD'S LITTLE SON.
I LOOKED AROUND THAT HUMBLE STALL, AND SAW TEARS ON
MANY FACES THAT I HAD SEEN BUT A SHORT TIME BEFORE.
THERE WAS GULLIVER AND THE PEOPLE OF LILLIPUT,
AND CASTAWAY CRUSOE WHO'S MAN FRIDAY BUILT HIM A HUT.
SIR LANCELOT COMFORTED DOPEY AND BASHFUL AND DOC,
AND THE MOUSE HAD STOPPED THE HANDS OF THE HICKERY DICKERY CLOCK.
(FOR A MOMENT IN TIME ALL WAS STILL)
ALL A DREAM YOU SAY, OH! IT WAS REAL HAVE NO FEARS,
FOR MY PILLOW HAD BEEN WETTED WITH OTHERS TEARS.
LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM AS I LAY TUCKED UP IN MY BED,
I DREAMED OF THE CASTAWAY CURUSOE, AND OF PINOCHO WITH HIS WOODEN HEAD.
I DREAMED OF THE SAILOR GULIVER WHO LOOKED SO VERY TALL TO THE
PEOPLE IF LILLIPUT, WHO WERE SO VERY VERY SMALL.
I RODE THE WILD WIND WITH WENDY AND PETER PAN,
I THEN SWAM THE DEEP RIVER CARRYING THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
I ENJOYED A FINE TEA WITH SWEET GOLDILOCKS,
AND HELPED LITTLE BOW PEEP FIND HER SHEEP THAT WERE LOST.
I FOUGHT ALONG SIDE LONG JOHN SILVER ON THE DECK OF HIS SHIP,
THEN SWAGGERED THAT DECK WITH CUTLASS AT MY HIP.
I SAT NEXT TO SIR LANCELOT AT THE TABLE SO ROUND,
AND TALKED WITH LORD BASKERVILLE AND STROKED HIS FIERCE HOUND.
I HELPED SOLVE A MYSTERY WITH SHIRLOCK HOLMES,
ABOUT DAVIE JONES LOCKER AND WHERE IT COULD BE FOUND.
THEN WITH SLEEPY AND DOPEY AND BASHFUL AND DOC,
WE CHASED THE MOUSE UP HIS HICKERY DICKERY CLOCK.
I WALKED TO LONDON WITH DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT,
AND ROAMED ROBINS FOREST WITH BOW AND ARROWS ON MY BACK.
(AND THE FOREST WAS BEAUTIFUL)
THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF MY ROOM WAS DARK AND STILL,
BUT I WAS SAFE IN MY BED AND WOULD HAVE REMAINED THERE STILL
IF I HAD NOT GONE TO MOUNT EVEREST TO START CLIMBING
WITH SIR HILLERY AND HIS FAITHFUL GUIDE SHERPA TENSING.
I MET THE THREE WISE MEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE STAR,
THEY WERE CARRYING GIFTS AND HAD COME FROM AFAR
TO VISIT THE BABE JESUS WHOME THE SHEPHERDS HAD TOLD,
LAY IN A MANGER WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES.
I KNELT WITH THE SHEPHERDS AND THE THREE WISE MEN,
AND I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER RIGHT THERE AND THEN.
AND I PRAYED FOR PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO EVERYONE,
AND I CRIED AS I LOOKED AT BABY JESUS, GOD'S LITTLE SON.
I LOOKED AROUND THAT HUMBLE STALL, AND SAW TEARS ON
MANY FACES THAT I HAD SEEN BUT A SHORT TIME BEFORE.
THERE WAS GULLIVER AND THE PEOPLE OF LILLIPUT,
AND CASTAWAY CRUSOE WHO'S MAN FRIDAY BUILT HIM A HUT.
SIR LANCELOT COMFORTED DOPEY AND BASHFUL AND DOC,
AND THE MOUSE HAD STOPPED THE HANDS OF THE HICKERY DICKERY CLOCK.
(FOR A MOMENT IN TIME ALL WAS STILL)
ALL A DREAM YOU SAY, OH! IT WAS REAL HAVE NO FEARS,
FOR MY PILLOW HAD BEEN WETTED WITH OTHERS TEARS.