A Genteel Family

SOME children are so naughty,
 And some are very good;
But the Genteel Family
 Did always what it should.

They put on gloves when they went out.
 And ran not in the street;
And on wet days not one of them
 Had ever muddy feet.

Then they were always so polite,
 And always thanked you so;
And never threw their toys about,
 As naughty children do.

They always learnt their lessons
 When it was time they should;
And liked to eat up all their crusts–
 They were so very good.

And then their frocks were never torn,
 Their tuckers always clean;
And their hair so very tidy–
 Always quite fit to be seen.

Then they made calls with their mamma
 And were so very neat;
And learnt to bow becomingly
 When they met you in the street.

And really they were everything
 That children ought to be;
And well may be examples now
 For little you–and me.