I dance - and dance -

And sing an elfin song,

And laugh - and laugh -

All the whole day long,

TO think of really funny jokes

That I can play on working folk

Like you.

I sit sometimes on your elbow

To make your writing slow

And then sometimes on your elbow

To make your writing slow

And then sometimes on your elbow

To make your writing slow

And then sometimes get off and push.

How fast your pencil goes!

And you think that it's you

But it's really me

Dancing and laughing

In elfish glee.

I turn back the page of open books

Or push your pipe on the floor,

And I wonder how you possibly can't

Have heard me laughing before.

I shout - and cry -

In elfin laughter light

At you - at you -

You're such a funny sight.

With shell rimmed glasses on your eyes

And wrinkles your brow,

Especially when you heave such sighs

And try to think just how

To write a poem.

I laugh - I shout -

I stamp my elfin heels.

I sing - I dance -

I know just how you feel.

I dance a dance across the desk,

And whirl beneath your nose,

And leave on papers inky marks -

The imprint of my toes.

So laugh - laugh -

And dance a dance with me,

A dance as wild and free and fast

As dance could ever be.

Dance!