I took the book of punishment,
And ran its columns down;
I started with an open brow
And ended with a frown;
I noted long-forgotten names
They took me unaware;
I noted old familiar names.
But my names wasnt there!
I thought of what I might have been,
And Oh! My heart was pained
To find, of all the scholars there,
That I was never caned!
I thought of wasted childhood hours,
And a tear rolled down my cheek
I must have been a model boy,
Which means a little sneak!
Oh, give me back my youth again!
Doc Faustus used to say
I only wish the Powers could give
My boyhood for a day,
A model boy! Beloved of girls!
Despised by boys and men!
But it comforts me to think that Ive
Made up for it since then.
