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THE LOOKOUT MAN
BY WILL M. MAUPIN
Now, listen, little children, and IH tell a story true
And better yon remember, for it means a lot to yon
For if you heed the lesson, then when Christmas time is
here
You 11 get a lot of presents and a lot of Christmas cheer.
The Lookout Man is walking: when the stars begin to
peep
To see if little children are in bed and fast asleep;
And all who act up naughty and don't mind their ma's
and pa's,
The Lookout Man is watching, and heH tell old Santa
Clans.
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I knew a little fellow once who got real bad, and said
He didn't care for Santa Clans, and wouldn't go to bed;
And said he didn't have to mind O, he was awful bad,
And didn't seem to care a mite in. making folks feel sad.
But when it came to Christmas day he didn't get a thing,
For Santa Clans had heard of him and not a thing he'd
bring.
He knew that bad boy's record better mind your ma's
and pa's.
The Lookout Man is watahing and hell tell old Santa
Clans.
I also knew a little girl who was just awful bad.
She wouldn't get her lessons and she always got so mad
If anybody told her to be still and hush her noise
Well, she was always wishing for a lot of Christmas toys;
But when 'twas Christmas morning, to her wonder and
surprise,
An empty stocking banging in the corner met her eyes.
You see, she acted naughty better mind your ma's
and pa's;
The Lookout Man is watching and heU tell old Santa
Clans.
The Lookout Man is peeping through the windows every
night
And counting up the children who are always acting
right.
And going off to bed at once when told it's time to go,
And never pouting, not a bit, or taking clothes off slow.
He puts them in the good book, but the bad ones in the
sad,
And when he writes a bad one, O, he looks just awful
For he knows they will get nothing better mind your
ma's and pa's
The Lookout Man is watching and heU tell old Santa
Clans.
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