Mad Patsy said, he said to me,
That every morning he could
An angel walking on the sky;
Across the sunny skies of
He threw great handfuls far and
Of poppy seed among the corn;
And then, he said, the angels
To see the poppies in the sun.
A poppy is a devil weed,
I said to him - he disagreed;
He said the devil had no
In spreading flowers tall and
Through corn and rye and meadow land,by garth and barrow everywhere:
The devil has not any flower,
But only money in his power.
And then he stretched out in the
And rolled upon his back for fun:
He kicked his legs and roared for
Because the sun was shining down:
He said he was a little
And would not work for any clown:
He ran and laughed behind a bee,
And danced for very ecstasy.
