Oh I'm in love with the janitor's boy and the janitor's boy loves me and he's going to search ?

Question

for a desert isle in our geography.

Anybody know the rest of this poem or where I can find it? I"ve googled poem and author (Nathalia Crane) but haven't been able to find all the stanzas. I remember there was one that mentioned Sheepshead Bay. Anybody?

Answer 1

Oh I'm in love with the janitor's boy,

And the janitor's boy loves me;

He's going to hunt for a desert isle

In our geography.

A desert isle with spicy trees

Somewhere near Sheepshead bay;

A right nice place, just fit for two

Where we can live alway.

Oh I'm in love with the janitor's boy

He's busy as he can be;

And down in the cellar he's making a raft

Out of an old settee.

He'll carry me off, I know that he will,

For his hair is exceedingly red;

And the only thing that occurs to me

Is to dutifully shiver in bed.

The day that we sail, I shall leave this brief note,

For my parents I hate to annoy:

"I have flown away to an isle in the bay

With the janitor's red-haired boy."

Nathalia Crane (aged 10 and a half)