Oh, the Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa,
An' he's the goodest man ever you saw!
He comes to our house every day,
An' waters the horses, an' feeds 'em hay;
'An he opens the shed - an' we all ist laugh
When he drives out our little old wobbledy calf,
An' nen - ef our hired girl says he can -
He milks the cow fer 'Lizabuth Ann.
    Ain't he a awful good Raggedy Man?
    Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

W'y, the Raggedy Man - he's ist so good
He splits the kindlin' an' chops the wood;
An' nen he spades in our garden, too,
An' does most things 'at boys can't do!
He clumbed clean up in our big tree
An' shook a' apple down fer me -
An' nother'n, too, fer 'Lisabuth Ann -
An' nother'n, too, fer the Raggedy Man.
    Ain't he a awful kind Raggedy Man?
    Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

An' the Raggedy Man, he knows most rhymes
An' tells 'em, ef I be good, sometimes:
Knows about Giunts, an' Griffuns, 'an Elves,
An' the Squidgicum-Squees 'at swallers therselves!
An', right by the pump inour pasture-lot,
He showed me the hole 'at the Wunks is got.
'At lives 'way deep in the ground, 'an can
Turn into me, er 'Lizabuth Ann!
    Ain't he a awful funny Raggedy Man?
    Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!

The Raggedy Man - one time when he
Wuz makin' a little bow-'n'-orry fer me,
Says "When you're big like yer Pa is,
Air you go' to keep a fine store like his -
An' be a rich merchant - an' wear fine clothes?
Er what air you go' to be, goodness knows!"
An' ne he laughed at 'Lizabuth Ann,
An' I says "'M go' to be a Raggedy Man! -
    I'm ist go' to be a nice Raggedy Man!
    Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!