HUCKLEBERRY FINN
(Sam. M. Lewis / Joe Young / Cliff Hess, 1917)


There was a rascal, in the town where I came from; 
The people thought that he was dumb, 
Because he couldn't do a sum. 
That's why they nicknamed him, "Huckleberry Finn;" 
But he believed in fun, laughed at every one; 
How I wish I were him.

They tried to teach him how to do arithmetic; 
But he just whittled on a stick, 
And said the figures made him sick. 
"Add-in' and countin', don't mean a thing to me; 
When I begin to earn, 
Then I'll start to learn, 
How to count it," said he.

Huckleberry Finn, 
If I were Huckleberry Finn; 
I'd do the things he did, 
I'd be a kid again. 
You'd always find me out fishin', beside a shady pool; 
Wishin', there never was a school; 
If I were only, Huckleberry Finn, 
In every mischief I'd be in; 
And on my freckled face you'd always find a grin. 
I wouldn't put my shoes or stockings on for any man; 
And all I'd ever wear would be a coat of tan; 
If I were Huckleberry Finn.