Classic Poem

1

Nancy is a nurse sir
She's just as fine as silk
She is always bright and smiling,
But she insists on giving you milk,
Says she, " It's the doctor's orders "
That you shall have no meat:
She fills you with the liquid
While the chicken she does eat.

2

She opens wide your mouth sir,
And your temperature she takes,
Then she writes down something funny
In a booklet that she makes
Just to show the doctor
How well you are thriving
And to impress upon him greatly,
To obey him she is striving.

3

You can tell when the doctor's coming
Nancy sticks down her hair
Then she paints and powders her face sir
Until she is beautiful and fair
She bathes vour face and gently rubs
The wrinkles from your cheek
She says: " now dearie lie quite still
And to doctor do not speak. "

4

She warns you " now be careful "
Be quiet as a mouse
Look wise and smile quite cheerful
The doctor's in the house "
To keep you from telling doctor
That ail the chicken she did eat
She tells him that you are delirious
And strange things do repeat.

5

Nancy really knows her business,
She is loving clean and neat
She will nurse you back to life sir,
But your goodies she will eat.
She will read you fairy stories,
She'll take you to the land of Fancy
While she eats your chicken, cream and cake,
This mystifying Nancy.