Nine o'clock is striking

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Nine o'clock is striking.              (* from Missouri circa 1943 *)
Mother may I go out?
All the boys are waiting
For to take me out.

Some will give me apples.
Some will give me pears.
Some will give me fifty cents
And kiss me on the stairs.

I don't want the apples.
I don't want the pears.
I don't want the fifty cents
To kiss me on the stairs.

I'd rather do the dishes.
I'd rather scrub the floor.
I'd rather kiss the iceman
Behind the kitchen door.





Source: Knapp (1976)