The meanest trick¹ I ever² knew

    Was³ one I know you never do.

    I saw⁵ a Goop once try to do it，

    And there was nothing funny to it.

    He pulled⁶ a chair from under me

    As⁴ I was sitting down； but he

    Was sent to bed， and rightly， too.

    It was a horrid⁷ thing to do！