The Peppery Man - Natalie Merchant

作曲：Natalie Merchant

The Peppery Man was cross and thin

He scolded out and scolded in

He shook his fist his hair he tore

He stamped his feet

and slammed the door

Heigh ho the Peppery Man

The rabid crabbed Peppery Man

His ugly temper was so sour

He often scolded for an hour

He gnashed his teeth

and stormed and scowled

He snapped and snarled

and yelled and howled

Heigh ho the Peppery Man

The rabid crabbed Peppery Man

He wore a fierce and savage frown

He scolded up and scolded down

He scolded over field and glen

And then he scolded back again

Heigh ho the Peppery Man

The rabid crabbed Peppery Man

His neighbors

when they heard his roars

Closed their blinds

and locked their doors

Shut their windows

sought their beds

Stopped their ears

and covered their heads

He fretted chafed

and boiled and fumed

With fiery rage he was consumed

And no one knew

when he was vexed

What in the world

would happen next

Heigh ho the Peppery Man

The rabid crabbed Peppery Man

Oh never since the world began

Was any one like the Peppery Man