I've a little black dolly named Topsy
Who doesn't like sleeping alone,
For Topsy's afraid of white bogies
Though I’m perfectly sure there are none
But Topsy is only a dolly
And frightened as frightened can be
So I just tuck her under my pillow
For I know she likes sleeping with me.

And when the I wake up in the morning
I sing til I think she's awake.
Then I take her right out in the garden
And give her a bath in the lake.
But Topsy is blacker than ever
And shiny as shiny can be.
Though I wash her and wash her and wash her,
I can't get her white like me.