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There's a boy that you must know,
Always ragged, dirty too;
Just a wretched sight and show—
Worst boy that I ever knew;
Always hitting other boys
Smaller than himself. Annoys
People, too, by throwing stones.
Breaks more windows! that's his game.—
Some one ought to break his bones.—
Ragamuffin is his name.
Ragamuffin, Ragamuffin!
Some day some one'll knock the stuffin'
Out of you and then, perhaps,
You won't bully little chaps.